Cyprus history can be traced back to the Neolithic period in ca 7000 years B.C. The name Kypros or Kuprum came out form the latin word of copper after the vital discovery of significant copper deposits in Cyprus.
It was exactly one of the reasons that Greeks settled and hellenised the island and even though more than twelve different masters have invaded and occupied Cyprus During it's life, the Greek culture and character always remains.

Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians claimed the island repeatedly during the 7th , 6th and 5th centuries. Then Alexander the Great took control of the island in 323 B.C and afterwards Ptolemies created Paphos as their capital on the western part of the island. In the year 58 B.C, Romans came and occupied the country until the division in the year 330 A.D when Cyprus became part of Byzantine empire.

New religion was immediately brought to Cyprus by St Paul and Barnabas in 45 A.D. In spite of continuous Arabs attacks and invasions, Cyprus remained under Byzantium until the year 1191 when Richard the Lionheart has occupied the island and few years later transferred the administration to Lusignians .

The year 1571 is a black date on Cyprus history due to occupation of the island by Turks. This was the first time that Turks and Moslems appear to Cyprus. The occupation took almost four hundred years and during all those years a considerable part of the Greek population , was forced to change the Christian religion, to close down the schools and to learn the Turkish language.

Great Britain took over the administration of the island in 1878 and after the liberation struggle, in 1960 Cyprus got it's independence. Unfortunately only few years later and due to involvement in the island's affairs on one hand by Greek military government and on the other hand by Turkish military government, it came to conflict between Greeks and Turks Cypriots and since the Turkish invasion of 1974 , appr. 37% of the island's territory is under occupation and about 200000 Greek Cypriots have become refugees.