The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians, was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (de jure until 1914). COUNT 5
QSN1 What is the date of the earliest known human activity on Cyprus? ANS1 10th millennium BC QSN2 What is Cyprus home to of? ANS2 the oldest water wells in the world QSN3 Who was Cyprus settled by in 2nd millennium BC? ANS3 Mycenaean Greeks QSN4 What empires have occupied Cyprus? ANS4 empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians QSN5 When did Ottoman rule occur in Cyprus? ANS5 between 1571 and 1878