Cyprus, Greece, and Malta

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Cyprus: The Land and Its People; Relief; Drainage and Soil; Climate; Plant and Animal Life; Ethnic Groups and Languages; Religion; Church of Cyprus; Settlement Patterns; Nicosia; Demographic Trends; Chapter 2: The Cypriot Economy; Effects of Partition; Famagusta; Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Resources and Power; Manufacturing; Finance and Trade; Services; Limassol; Labour and Taxation; Transportation and Telecommunications; Chapter 3: Cypriot Government and Society; Justice; Political Process; Dimitris Christofias. SecurityHealth; Housing; Education; Chapter 4: Cypriot Cultural Life; The Arts; Cultural Institutions; Old and New Paphos; Sports and Recreation; Media and Publishing; Chapter 5: Cyprus: Past and Present; The Bronze Age; Idalium; Greek Immigration; Salamis; Assyrian and Egyptian Domination; Cypriot Syllabary; The Persian Empire; Evagoras; Hellenistic and Roman Rule; Cyprus as a Roman Province; Early Christianity; Saint Barnabas; Byzantine Empire; The Lusignan Kingdom and Genoese and Venetian Rule; Caterina Cornaro; Ottoman Rule; British Rule; The Republic of Cyprus. Establishment of an Independent Turkish StateRauf Denktash; The Failure of Intercommunal Talks; Chapter 6: Greece: The Land and Its People; Relief; Central Greece; Northeastern Greece; Eastern Greece; Southern Greece; Western Greece; The Islands of Greece; Drainage; Soils; Climate; Plant and Animal Life; Ethnic Groups; Languages; Katharevusa and Demotic Greek; Religion; Church of Greece; Settlement Patterns; Athens; Demographic Trends; Chapter 7: The Greek Economy; Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Resources and Power; Manufacturing; Finance; Drachma; Trade; Services; Acropolis. Labour and TaxationTransportation and Telecommunications; Piraeus; Chapter 8: Greek Government and Society; Local Government; Justice; Political Process; New Democracy and Panhellenic Socialist Movement; Security; Health and Welfare; Housing; Education; Chapter 9: Greek Cultural Life; Daily Life and Social Customs; The Arts; Níkos Kazantzákis; Cultural Institutions; Elgin Marbles; Sports and Recreation; Athens 1896 Olympic Games; Media and Publishing; Chapter 10: Greece During the Byzantine Period (c. 300 ce-1453); Late Roman Administration; The Evolution of Byzantine Institutions. Byzantine EmpireByzantine Recovery; Economy and Society; Thessaloníki; Results of the Fourth Crusade; Despotate of Epirus; Thessaly and Surrounding Regions; Athens, Thebes, and Corinth; The Peloponnese; Serbian and Ottoman Advances; The Islands; Economic and Social Developments; Cultural Continuity; The Slavs; The Albanians; The Aromani; Emerging Greek Identity; Chapter 11: Greece from Ottoman Rule Through Independence; Ottoman Greece; The Millet System; People of the Book; Disadvantages for Non-Muslims; Resistance to Ottoman Rule; Klephtic Ballads; Belief in Divine Intervention