CYPRUS

Maia, Leia, Kevin, and Alex

 - Two main ethnic groups
Where is it? -
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Island country
Part of Asia and the EU

https://www.britannica.com/place/Cyprus
What was its importance in the 16th century?
-War of Cyprus - Exports ( sugar, cotton)

- Serfdom was abolished

http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/history/ottoman/index.html
How far is Cyprus from Venice?

- Situated in eastern
Mediterranean Sea

- Approx. 2100 km apart

- Quickest route - about 42.2h

duration
What were the politics of the countries near to it?
Republic of Venice (1489- 1571)
- Mixed government model

- Venetian Catholic - The Holy League

Ottoman Empire (1571- 1878)

- Islam Sultanate government

- Period of Expansion
https://www.britannica.com/place/Greece/Athens-Thebes-and-Corinth#ref26401

https://www.britannica.com/place/Syria/Ottoman-period#ref29916

https://www.britannica.com/place/Ottoman-Empire/The-decline-of-the-Ottoman-Empire-1566-1807

http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/history/ottoman/index.html