Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Presidents of the Republic of Cyprus; Appendix B: Turkish Cypriot Leaders; Appendix C: Special Representatives of UN Secretaries-General to Cyprus; Appendix D: UNFICYP Force Commanders; Appendix E: The Lusignan Rulers of Cyprus; Appendix F: British Personnel 18781960; Appendix G: Archbishops of the Cyprus Orthodox Church; Glossary; Bibliography; About the Author |
Summary |
Rich with a history stretching back thousands of years and endowed with an Eastern heart and a Western mind, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is a tourist destination for millions of visitors from around the world every year. However, this beauty of thelandscape has been somewhat marred by the political problem that has engulfed the island for nearly half a century. Nicosia, the only divided city in Europe represents the division that now exists geographically and politically between Greek Cypriots andTurkish Cypriots. Separated by United Nations forces along a line that cuts right across th |
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Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Cyprus -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85035188
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Cyprus -- Dictionaries
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Cyprus -- History -- Dictionaries
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Subject |
Cyprus
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Genre/Form |
Dictionaries
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780810862982 |
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0810862980 |
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