Abstract
Cyprus in its long history inherited various influences from different cultures with respect to architecture, religion and language, among others. In 1570–01 the Ottoman Empire conquered Cyprus from the Venetians. During the early nineteenth century Cyprus was part of the declining Ottoman Empire. On 4 June 1878 the Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the United Kingdom, but Cyprus remained under the formal sovereignty of the Sultan. In 1914, when the Ottoman Empire was allied with the German Empire, the United Kingdom annexed Cyprus.
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Rothenbacher, F. (2013). Cyprus. In: The Central and East European Population since 1850. The Societies of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273901_12
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