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ID: 1006894
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1006894

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Cyprus (island)  Cyprus (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 033 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 33.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks; Assyrian, Persian, Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine Empires ruled; Saracens raided 7-10th centuries; Lusignan dynasty 12-15th centuries; ruled by Genoese, Venetians, Turks, and British; Greek/Turkish strife led to split of nation 1975.

Names:
Cyprus (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
Kípros (C,V)
Kibris (C,V)
Kypros (C,V,Latin)
Chipre (C,U,Spanish)
Chypre (C,U,French)
Cipro (C,U,Italian)
Zypern (C,U,German)
Alashiya (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Cyprus (island)  ........  Cyprus (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Cyprus (island)  ........  Cyprus (island)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Middle East (general region)  ....  Middle East (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Cyprus (island)  ........  Cyprus (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
nation (H)
controlled region (H)  ............  British, 1878-1960
colony (H)  ............  British, 1925-1960
province (H)
Ancient Roman (C)
former administrative division (C)
first level subdivision (H)

Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....  Cyprus .......... (nation)
..................................  (World, Asia) [1000112]
possibly identified as ....  Alashiya .......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................................  (World, Asia) [7030308]
........................................  it is possible that the name Alashiya, which occurs in Hittite and Egyptian records, refers to Cyprus

Sources and Contributors:
Alashiya..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335
Chipre..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
Chypre..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
Cipro..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
Cyprus..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 36
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 83
Kibris..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 308
Kípros..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-87
Kypros..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
Zypern..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 8410798
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-87
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 36
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 83
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335; 347
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 308
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Cyprus
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)

 

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