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c. 7000 BCEFirst human settlement of Cyprus.
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7000 BCE - 2500 BCENeolithic and Chalcolithic periods on Cyprus.
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2500 BCE - 1100 BCEBronze Age in Cyprus.
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c. 1600 BCE - c. 1200 BCEUgarit has close ties with Egypt and Cyprus.
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709 BCE - 699 BCECyprus pays tribute to the Assyrian Empire.
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560 BCE - 546 BCECyprus pays tribute to the Egyptian Empire.
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546 BCEThe Persians occupy Cyprus, being invited by Cypriot leaders.
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478 BCESpartan general Pausanias is given command of a force and takes both Cyprus and Byzantium.
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450 BCEAthenian general Cimon dies on Cyprus fighting the Persians.
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323 BCEUpon the death of Alexander the Great, Cyprus becomes part of the Ptolemaic Empire.
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306 BCEDemetrius I of Macedon defeats Ptolemy's fleet at Salamis, off the coast of Cyprus.
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58 BCE - 648 CECyprus is a Roman province.
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115 CE - 117 CECyprus suffers heavily in the Second Jewish-Roman War.
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648 CE - 965 CECyprus is under Arab rule.
