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Cyprus;
Greek: Κύπρος
[ˈcipros];
Turkish:
Kıbrıs [ˈkɯbɾɯs]), officially the
Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Turkish:
Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the
Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the
Mediterranean, located south of
Turkey, west of
Syria and
Lebanon, northwest of
Israel, north of
Egypt, and southeast of
Greece.
The
earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved
Neolithic village of
Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by
Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the
Middle East, it was subsequently occupied by several
major powers, including the empires of the
Assyrians,
Egyptians and
Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by
Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by
Ptolemaic Egypt, the
Classical and
Eastern Roman Empire,
Arab caliphates for a short period, the French
Lusignan dynasty and the
Venetians, was followed by over three centuries of
Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (
de jure until 1914).
The model is created at a scale of 1:650,000 with 4x vertical exaggeration. It features a built-in base, so it sits perfectly on a desk or in a frame.
Model Data Sources: JAXA (Elevation), ESA (Imagery)