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*As a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was '''subsequently occupied by several major powers''', including the empires of the '''Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians'''. 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'''. | *As a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was '''subsequently occupied by several major powers''', including the empires of the '''Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians'''. 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'''. | ||
*Cyprus was placed under the '''UK's administration''' in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914. | *Cyprus was placed under the '''UK's administration''' in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914. | ||
*Following nationalist violence in the 1950s, Cyprus was granted independence in 1960.<ref>"Cyprus", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *Following nationalist violence in the 1950s, Cyprus was granted independence in 1960.<ref name="cyp">"Cyprus", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus, accessed August 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Cyprus== | ==Emigration From Cyprus== | ||