In greek mythology when the Trojan war ended, Tefkros went back to his home at Salamis (the island near athens) and his father Telamon exiled him because he didnt bring his brother back alive (Ajax). So Tefkros went at Cyprus and founded the city of salamis !
“the name Cyprus is derived from the Latin word for copper, cuprum.” Pretty sure it’s from the ancient Greek “Κύπρος” of uncertain origin, though some scholars do believe it’s derived from a Sumerian word for copper. Even if that’s the case, the etymology does predate Latin by a smidge.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! You're probably right... I was reading (and I think someone also said in the comments) that the word for copper in Latin means "metal from Cyprus" ... "Alasiya" though seems to be the earliest name for the island though... Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it and more to come soon!
[Κύπρις] ἐπίθετον Ἀφροδίτης. Κύπρος ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸ κύειν πορίσκειν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐκ τῆς συνουσίας. Its from κύω( bloating as Aprotide came from the waves= κύματα 🌊 which they are the bloat in way of the sea and she is the god of the island) + πορίζω (made/ carry) = the power of birth blessed by Afrodite to be capable due sex. Today in neo-greek language we say έγκυος ( εν+κύω) for the pregnant woman. Then from that the verb κυπρίζω was made which means blossom/flowering / rise like a flower from the ground. From that allegorically the Latins made the word cuprum. Dictionary of Appolonius the Sofist "dictionary in words from Odyssey and Iliad".
In Greek Mythology, Agapenor was the leader of the Arcadians in the Troyan War. It’s said that after the capture of the city, on their sail home, a storm brought the fleet to Cyprus, where they founded the city of Paphos. Shockingly, as a proof of this mythological story retold by Pausanias, modern day linguistic analysis shows an Arcadocypriot Dialect of Greek. That was spoken in the classical period only by the Arcadians and Cypriots.
Glad to research and do a video on it... I really want to do more on the Mediterranean after I finish up on Mesopotamia and Canaan... hopefully by April I'll be getting more into it... stay tuned and thanks again for stopping by!
@@HistorywithCy Could always do a video on the Nuragic civilization in Sardinia. That'd be cool since it seems like every video about the Nuragic civilization on youtube is about giants and the nephelime. It'd be neat to have one that dealt with actual history instead of woowoo giant stuff. If you're daring, you could look into the fascinating cyclopean citadels in Italy. I say daring since you'd be in speculation land. There's not much known about who built them or when. The Romans believed that an ancient king, possibly Saturn himself built them long before their time. I believe that they represent an unrecorded civilization from the late bronze age in Italy that traded with the Mycenaeans. Some cool locations are the Acropolis of Alatri, Veroli, and Arpino.
Great video and narration. Archeologists found tablets in Greek Linear script of 15th century bc ,named it ArcadoCipriotic dialect, a dialect similar to the Linear B' Mycenean.
It wasn't 15th century Arcadocypriot is preclassical, post mycenean it's a dialect, post doric invasion What they found is the Cypriot Syllabry, which is based off of Linear B
Fabulous documentary! Since I adore anything related to the Ancient World, particularly those about the "Late Bronze Age collapse," I love your channel, from which I have learned a great deal. Thank you so much, "History with Cy!"
Surprised to see you mention something as recent as the Roman Empire! And like other people have said I've noticed your presentation style has gotten a lot more confident recently; I wouldn't be surprised to see this channel get very big this year.
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yeah, I'm moving on down the time line... I want to get heavy into Roman history by this summer... have a lot of material for that planned, but first I want to finish up some more Bronze Age history. Also, thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate them... it's growing steadily.... get a couple thousand more subscribers every month. Thanks again and stay tuned!
Oh that's awesome...one of my bucket list items is to take a cruse around the Greek islands, stopping at each one along the way to check out any archaeological sites that they might have... Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Has anyone told you what a pleasant voice you have? It's really nice, pitch and tone... Loved the intro too! Very informative video! I just love your history lessons. They're the perfect length too! You never make my eyes glaze over and I quit listening because it's just too much! Your videos are timed really really well! Thank you SO much for the lesson and the walk through history!! 🤓
Haha surprisingly to me, yeah a few have which is strange. Every time I hear a recording of my voice I always think it sounds strange and different. However, others have said differently, that's it's soothing... again, weird to me. So, since y'all seem to like my voice, I've just started a podcast going deeper into these topics. Haha I guess I can put that voice to good use! As always, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy Yes...it is odd to hear your own voice. I always say, does that really sound like me? I never think it does, lol! I'll bet you get comments on how soothing and kind your voice sounds! I was watching a true crime show and Ice T was telling the story of the case. Now I don't listen to his music, so I'm not familiar to his voice, but Cy, it was so noticeably awful, quite a few people commented on him not doing this type of work again (me included-lol). People really make a big deal about people's voices on YT... Everyone's a critic! Lol! How do we hear your podcast? You might do a quick 'commercial' about it? I'm into marketing and advertising, lol - can you tell? 😀 You may not get a lot of views, but the people that love you and your work will be very happy to know about your new endeavor! You take care now! Appreciating your work in Seattle Cy! 👇👏😊💟👍
@@blueeyes6852 Seattle, that's a city I've always wanted to visit... I grew up listening to Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden etc so the city has always fascinated me...plus Microsoft and Starbucks are from there so it seems to be a very industrious city. Thanks for taking interest in the podcast! It's on a few platforms now such as Apple and Spotify. It takes some time to get approved on all of the different platforms which is why I haven't publicized it yet, but I'll post a link in the "COMMUNITY" tab soon. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out: historywithcy.buzzsprout.com/ Thanks again, I really appreciate your feedback and general interest in what I think most would consider to be obscure periods of history!
Haha thanks, it's one of the few Mediterranean-type music tracks that I could find...I thought some might think it to be a bit cheesy but glad you liked it!
Nice video, really waiting for a more in-depth documentaries about the Levant societies of the bronze age. It's interesting to note how scholars define the language as cyprio-minoan, makes me think if there is some hypothesis or theories about a minoan diaspora on cyprus and ugarit after the takeover of Minos by the Myceneans. As we see in the case of the Amorrites warlords becoming dominant in mesopotamia could minoan traders become increasingly important in Cyprus and Ugaritic societies by their own achievements as they were assimilated?
I definitely want to go further into this, but I'll probably do it in podcast form. What you've stated is really interesting and unfortunately I don't know the answer to it. It seems though that Ugarit was pretty much destroyed and abandoned around the time time of the Sea Peoples/Bronze Age collapse, so if the Minoans did go there, evidence of it may have been destroyed along with the city. If i find anything on the subject, I'll let you know. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Cyprus is so interesting, a couple years ago I was choosing field schools and was stuck between a dig in western Cyprus from the early Bronze Age, and one 100 miles away in Indiana with the Mississippians. When I saw the plane ticket price to Cyprus my decision was made. Somehow at the time a flight from the US to Athens/Istanbul was less than the flight from those airports to Cyprus!
Thanks for uploading, not many content creators focus uniquely on Cyprus as a focal point of their videos, which is much appreciated, however it would be great to have learned more about the Ancient Cypriots and the pre-hellenic histories as there is a lot of material on the hellenistic age.
My pleasure, I've always been interested in Cyprus so this was an opportunity for me to learn more. I agree with you, maybe in future I'll do something on that...thanks for the suggestion and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Thanks for the prompt reply. Look forward to it, especially as, a lot of 'information' exists trying to discredit the existence of an indigenous people of Cyprus. We noticed a website claim that the Mycenaean colonised Cyprus from 4,000 BC! Honestly we didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Stay safe.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! You're in luck...I have another video on Cyprus coming out in the next few days... stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
Hhi, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! I will be doing more on Cyprus and maybe even a podcast episode...definitely on medieval Cyprus as we get further on down the time line. Thanks again for your interest and stay tuned!
Hmmm... so one of the sources I used was The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean which stated the following - "Eventually, the intensified production and trade of copper catapulted Cyprus into the role of the most important purveyor of this metal in the Mediterranean region, a situation that continued at least until the fall of the Roman Empire, some two thousand years later. The name Cyprus, after all, is directly related to the Latin word for copper-cuprum." I interpreted that to mean that the name of the island was derived from cuprum but I could be wrong. When I looked online to see if there was anther explanation I came to the wikipedia article on Cyprus that states "Through overseas trade, the island has given its name to the Classical Latin word for copper through the phrase aes Cyprium, "metal of Cyprus", later shortened to Cuprum" which is what you basically said and also makes sense. I'll see if I can find some more info on verify these. I appreciate your comment... stuff like this that challenges what I think I may know keeps me delving deeper... thanks!
@@HistorywithCy "History and Etymology for copper Noun (1) Middle English coper, from Old English, from Late Latin cuprum copper, from Latin (aes) Cyprium, literally, Cyprian metal." from Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Thanks for that explanation of Cyprium. It looks to me it could be proto-Gaelic, and some of the Cymry Welsh think they are what's left of the Trojans and whomever they picked up on their migration west.....plus we have the story of Goidl Glas standardizing the language with Meritaten, progenitor of the Gaels. It just LOOKS Gaelic but I don't know.
@@HistorywithCy I found some studies on Cypriot Ancient Greek and there it is discussed that maybe the name comes from a Hurrian word with the meaning copper. So, it is very circular. It is called Cyprus because there is much copper on the isle. And it gives the name of the metal in Latin because there much of it on the island.
7:10 you forgot to mention that in 497 BC it was the great Onesilus, aka the Cypriot form of badassery He was the first to unite the cypriots (except the phoenician Amathus) And later you forgot to mention the great King of Salamis, EVAGORAS, one of the biggest names that Cypriots from Famagusta identify with today. He alone led an entire force to liberate not only all of Cyprus, but also parts of Cilicia and Phoenicia. He is possibly the greatest ruler of Cyprus of all time
5:55 Spent some research on phoenician place names in the past and iirc the phoenicians called Salamis "Šelami" or "Šelowi", since the other names for Qart Hadasht or Kition in greek are given.
Interesting, thanks for sharing, I appreciate it. I'd love to read up more on this... got the titles of any interesting books on the subject? Thanks again!
πολύ ωραίο και ενημερωτικό βίντεο που μου άρεσε ήταν περισσότερο .. hello CY Я US 😁... any idea as to how and why everyone that time decided to make Akkadian the language for communication?
Hi my friend, thanks for stopping by! I think for a couple of reasons, one being that along with getting the support of the far-reaching states (Akkadian Empire, for example), it was also a Semitic language and so easier for people in the west (Canannites, Elbaites, Amorites etc) to a understand and assimilate. There were other reasons, but those are the two that immediately come to my mind. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
3 fun facts about the Bronze age period in Cypriot history: 1. The Talant was the first form of currency as copper was so abundant... imagine...1 meter long piece of copper as currency, it was even featured on the collective coin of 10 years of the euro in Cyprus 2. Over its entire Copper-producing history, Cyprus cut down,if I remember correctly, a hundred times its size in forests 3. Copper was so abundant, the time period in our history books is not called the bronze age, rather the copper age (also because we don't really have a name in Greek for Bronze that also sounds cool)
Haha love it! Actually people used to call me Cyprus in school...that and cyborg. Thanks buddy for stopping by... I'm also thinking that this summer, we can collab as I'll be getting into other periods of history that you might be into...I'll be in touch!
History with Cy totally! And sorry I hadn't made any progress with that one idea we were discussing... lots of other things have been popping up. Keep up the great work man!
Cyprus and Crete both have had elongated skulls with no sagittal suture dug up, like those in Malta, and Nefertiti's Mittani formerly Shemsu Hor family.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Kind of ... I'm sure that many Phoenician settlements around the Mediterranean had similar or identical names, something I'd like to research further in the future. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Sono rimasta entusiasta di questo fantastico video. Sapevo tanto su Creta e poco su Cipro, percio' ti ringrazio. E' cosi' interessante. Aprezzo molto che ci fai vedere la loro arte e dove si trovano adesso questi oggetti. Poi con la tua voce irresistibile, il piacere e' completo. Posiamo sapere come ti chiami visto che non possiamp vederti.
Thank so much, I really appreciate it! I will soon do a few videos were you will be able to see me... I had wanted to travel to some of these places and shoot a live video from there this summer, but due to the crisis cannot... but one day hopefully. Thanks again and I hope that you are safe in Italy...I know that it is an extremely hard time for all of you but my prayers and thoughts are with all of you. Please stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Grazie tante per il Suo pensiero gentile.E' molto dura per tutti. Speriamo che passi presto. Tanti auguri a Lei e a tutti gli Americani.
@@HistorywithCy Grazie tante! Spero do vederLa presto o nei Suoi video o alla televisione Ameeicana perche' se lo merita. Nelfratempo guardero' altri Szoi video, siguramente non ki ho visti tutti. Qua e' un silenzio incredibile e penso che doppo questo niente sara' uguale come prima. Le auguro serenita' quanto e' possibille in questa situazione, abbia cura di se, tanti aiguri. Con grande affetto,
Thank you so much...it is the same here...very quiet, not many people going out. Everyday there are more and more cases, but we are doing the best that we can, which I know you all are as well. Stay safe, this too shall pass...
The name does not come from the Latin word for copper. It's the other way around, copper is named after Cyprus. There are records of the name written in linear B predating Rome a thousand years.
I find it odd that you use the Ecclesiastical pronunciation of Latin when reading Classical Latin words. It would make sense to use the Classical pronunciation.
Hi, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. Yeah I think you're right, I supposed that's how I learned it here in the US and that pronunciation stuck. I will try to do better with regard to this in future. Thanks again, appreciate you stopping by!
Hate to be the person to bring these awful news but can you please count how many times Turkey was mentioned in this video? To this day Turkey says that Cyprus is turkish. Can i get an amen?
@@atruv2089 if Mongols knew that they would have ancestors like you they would be very proud. Your DNA is intact, zero evolution since 1200. As you can see Cypriot is a turkish island according to.. none
@@stefm6764 Sorry to interrupt the conversation just curious you seem to know a lot about this topic. The peer reviewed scientific journal published by public library of science in 2006 tested the dna of Greek Cypriots and found there are 6 other nationalities the Cypriot greeks are closer to genetically over Greece, Greece was 7th on the list for Cyp Greeks. The Cypriot Greeks are closest genetically to the Turks on the island they are your closest genetic/dna relations Could you explain this to me it had me puzzled? It assumes the Greeks are more Turk than Greek off scientific data
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In greek mythology when the Trojan war ended, Tefkros went back to his home at Salamis (the island near athens) and his father Telamon exiled him because he didnt bring his brother back alive (Ajax). So Tefkros went at Cyprus and founded the city of salamis !
Your video narration has greatly improved. The "Uhs" and "Ahs" so common in your earlier work are non-existent in this clip. Good job!
Thanks so much for the constructive feedback, glad to know that you see the improvements...thanks for stopping by, more to come soon!
My sunday just got a little better
Thank you my friend, happy to contribute positively to your day...here's to more great Sundays to come!
@@HistorywithCy You're SO cool! 👍😀
“the name Cyprus is derived from the Latin word for copper, cuprum.”
Pretty sure it’s from the ancient Greek “Κύπρος” of uncertain origin, though some scholars do believe it’s derived from a Sumerian word for copper. Even if that’s the case, the etymology does predate Latin by a smidge.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! You're probably right... I was reading (and I think someone also said in the comments) that the word for copper in Latin means "metal from Cyprus" ... "Alasiya" though seems to be the earliest name for the island though...
Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it and more to come soon!
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I’m just glad having studied ancient Greek in college is good for something occasionally.
@@diebesgrab haha never know when it will come in handy...I need to study the language more...
[Κύπρις] ἐπίθετον Ἀφροδίτης. Κύπρος ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸ κύειν πορίσκειν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐκ τῆς συνουσίας. Its from κύω( bloating as Aprotide came from the waves= κύματα 🌊 which they are the bloat in way of the sea and she is the god of the island)
+ πορίζω (made/ carry) = the power of birth blessed by Afrodite to be capable due sex. Today in neo-greek language we say έγκυος ( εν+κύω) for the pregnant woman. Then from that the verb κυπρίζω was made which means blossom/flowering / rise like a flower from the ground. From that allegorically the Latins made the word cuprum. Dictionary of Appolonius the Sofist "dictionary in words from Odyssey and Iliad".
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This is a baseless pseudo-scientific paragraph. Terribly wrong and arbitrary intepretations.
In Greek Mythology, Agapenor was the leader of the Arcadians in the Troyan War. It’s said that after the capture of the city, on their sail home, a storm brought the fleet to Cyprus, where they founded the city of Paphos.
Shockingly, as a proof of this mythological story retold by Pausanias, modern day linguistic analysis shows an Arcadocypriot Dialect of Greek. That was spoken in the classical period only by the Arcadians and Cypriots.
O. My. God!
I love Bronze Age Cyprus, Alashiya!
So glad to see you cover this often overlooked corner of the bronze age!
Glad to research and do a video on it... I really want to do more on the Mediterranean after I finish up on Mesopotamia and Canaan... hopefully by April I'll be getting more into it... stay tuned and thanks again for stopping by!
@@HistorywithCy Could always do a video on the Nuragic civilization in Sardinia. That'd be cool since it seems like every video about the Nuragic civilization on youtube is about giants and the nephelime. It'd be neat to have one that dealt with actual history instead of woowoo giant stuff.
If you're daring, you could look into the fascinating cyclopean citadels in Italy. I say daring since you'd be in speculation land. There's not much known about who built them or when. The Romans believed that an ancient king, possibly Saturn himself built them long before their time. I believe that they represent an unrecorded civilization from the late bronze age in Italy that traded with the Mycenaeans.
Some cool locations are the Acropolis of Alatri, Veroli, and Arpino.
Great video and narration.
Archeologists found tablets in Greek Linear script of 15th century bc ,named it ArcadoCipriotic dialect, a dialect similar to the Linear B' Mycenean.
It wasn't 15th century
Arcadocypriot is preclassical, post mycenean
it's a dialect, post doric invasion
What they found is the Cypriot Syllabry, which is based off of Linear B
Fabulous documentary! Since I adore anything related to the Ancient World, particularly those about the "Late Bronze Age collapse," I love your channel, from which I have learned a great deal. Thank you so much, "History with Cy!"
Surprised to see you mention something as recent as the Roman Empire! And like other people have said I've noticed your presentation style has gotten a lot more confident recently; I wouldn't be surprised to see this channel get very big this year.
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yeah, I'm moving on down the time line... I want to get heavy into Roman history by this summer... have a lot of material for that planned, but first I want to finish up some more Bronze Age history. Also, thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate them... it's growing steadily.... get a couple thousand more subscribers every month.
Thanks again and stay tuned!
Visited there in 2012 as part of a Med Cruse. Beautiful place.
Oh that's awesome...one of my bucket list items is to take a cruse around the Greek islands, stopping at each one along the way to check out any archaeological sites that they might have...
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Has anyone told you what a pleasant voice you have? It's really nice, pitch and tone...
Loved the intro too! Very informative video! I just love your history lessons. They're the perfect length too! You never make my eyes glaze over and I quit listening because it's just too much! Your videos are timed really really well! Thank you SO much for the lesson and the walk through history!! 🤓
Haha surprisingly to me, yeah a few have which is strange. Every time I hear a recording of my voice I always think it sounds strange and different. However, others have said differently, that's it's soothing... again, weird to me. So, since y'all seem to like my voice, I've just started a podcast going deeper into these topics. Haha I guess I can put that voice to good use!
As always, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy Yes...it is odd to hear your own voice. I always say, does that really sound like me? I never think it does, lol! I'll bet you get comments on how soothing and kind your voice sounds! I was watching a true crime show and Ice T was telling the story of the case. Now I don't listen to his music, so I'm not familiar to his voice, but Cy, it was so noticeably awful, quite a few people commented on him not doing this type of work again (me included-lol). People really make a big deal about people's voices on YT... Everyone's a critic! Lol! How do we hear your podcast? You might do a quick 'commercial' about it? I'm into marketing and advertising, lol - can you tell? 😀 You may not get a lot of views, but the people that love you and your work will be very happy to know about your new endeavor! You take care now! Appreciating your work in Seattle Cy! 👇👏😊💟👍
@@blueeyes6852 Seattle, that's a city I've always wanted to visit... I grew up listening to Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden etc so the city has always fascinated me...plus Microsoft and Starbucks are from there so it seems to be a very industrious city.
Thanks for taking interest in the podcast! It's on a few platforms now such as Apple and Spotify. It takes some time to get approved on all of the different platforms which is why I haven't publicized it yet, but I'll post a link in the "COMMUNITY" tab soon. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out:
historywithcy.buzzsprout.com/
Thanks again, I really appreciate your feedback and general interest in what I think most would consider to be obscure periods of history!
Love ❤the music introduction great job thank you Cy!
Haha thanks, it's one of the few Mediterranean-type music tracks that I could find...I thought some might think it to be a bit cheesy but glad you liked it!
Nice video, really waiting for a more in-depth documentaries about the Levant societies of the bronze age.
It's interesting to note how scholars define the language as cyprio-minoan, makes me think if there is some hypothesis or theories about a minoan diaspora on cyprus and ugarit after the takeover of Minos by the Myceneans. As we see in the case of the Amorrites warlords becoming dominant in mesopotamia could minoan traders become increasingly important in Cyprus and Ugaritic societies by their own achievements as they were assimilated?
I definitely want to go further into this, but I'll probably do it in podcast form. What you've stated is really interesting and unfortunately I don't know the answer to it. It seems though that Ugarit was pretty much destroyed and abandoned around the time time of the Sea Peoples/Bronze Age collapse, so if the Minoans did go there, evidence of it may have been destroyed along with the city. If i find anything on the subject, I'll let you know. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Cyprus is so interesting, a couple years ago I was choosing field schools and was stuck between a dig in western Cyprus from the early Bronze Age, and one 100 miles away in Indiana with the Mississippians. When I saw the plane ticket price to Cyprus my decision was made. Somehow at the time a flight from the US to Athens/Istanbul was less than the flight from those airports to Cyprus!
You forgot to mention that Cyprus was under Assyrian and later Egyptian control before the Persians
Live there, and right next to Kourion and Baboula(which used to be a bornze age village) Awsome video of a furnace of an island 😂😂
Thanks for uploading, not many content creators focus uniquely on Cyprus as a focal point of their videos, which is much appreciated, however it would be great to have learned more about the Ancient Cypriots and the pre-hellenic histories as there is a lot of material on the hellenistic age.
My pleasure, I've always been interested in Cyprus so this was an opportunity for me to learn more. I agree with you, maybe in future I'll do something on that...thanks for the suggestion and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Thanks for the prompt reply. Look forward to it, especially as, a lot of 'information' exists trying to discredit the existence of an indigenous people of Cyprus. We noticed a website claim that the Mycenaean colonised Cyprus from 4,000 BC! Honestly we didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Stay safe.
This was a very good video, the narration was excellent imo, thankyou....
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it... and thank you for watching, really appreciate it!
Such a great video. Thank You so very much! So very interesting! My Roots~* are from Cyprus~* I so love the Island~* 😊🍀🌟
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! You're in luck...I have another video on Cyprus coming out in the next few days... stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
Nice one!...if you could go into more depth about Cyprus in your own way as you do it would be I'm sure fascinating...thank you.
Hhi, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! I will be doing more on Cyprus and maybe even a podcast episode...definitely on medieval Cyprus as we get further on down the time line.
Thanks again for your interest and stay tuned!
Isn't it the other way round - cuprum is a derivative of Cyprus?
Hmmm... so one of the sources I used was The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean which stated the following - "Eventually, the intensified production and trade of copper catapulted Cyprus into the role of the most important purveyor of this metal in the Mediterranean region, a situation that continued at least until the fall of the Roman Empire, some two thousand years later. The name Cyprus, after all, is directly related to the Latin word for copper-cuprum."
I interpreted that to mean that the name of the island was derived from cuprum but I could be wrong. When I looked online to see if there was anther explanation I came to the wikipedia article on Cyprus that states "Through overseas trade, the island has given its name to the Classical Latin word for copper through the phrase aes Cyprium, "metal of Cyprus", later shortened to Cuprum" which is what you basically said and also makes sense.
I'll see if I can find some more info on verify these. I appreciate your comment... stuff like this that challenges what I think I may know keeps me delving deeper... thanks!
@@HistorywithCy I'm glad I helped.
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"History and Etymology for copper
Noun (1)
Middle English coper, from Old English, from Late Latin cuprum copper, from Latin (aes) Cyprium, literally, Cyprian metal."
from Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Thanks for that explanation of Cyprium. It looks to me it could be proto-Gaelic, and some of the Cymry Welsh think they are what's left of the Trojans and whomever they picked up on their migration west.....plus we have the story of Goidl Glas standardizing the language with Meritaten, progenitor of the Gaels. It just LOOKS Gaelic but I don't know.
@@HistorywithCy I found some studies on Cypriot Ancient Greek and there it is discussed that maybe the name comes from a Hurrian word with the meaning copper. So, it is very circular. It is called Cyprus because there is much copper on the isle. And it gives the name of the metal in Latin because there much of it on the island.
Salamis is well worth a visit. There are a lot of remains to see.
Yes, it's on my list of places to visit in the near future...thanks for stopping by, appreciate it and hope all is well on your side of the pond!
@@HistorywithCy dont forget it's in the Turkish side of the island. I use to work there 2 days a week for a year. A fun place
@@Golshanim Oh nice...it looks beautiful!
Mmmmm.......timely.......I was just considering invading and taking Cyprus for myself.
Well, if you're successful, you'll always have great weather...haha.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
if you have a look on the maps of around 1600, you can see Cyprus is named after the cypress trees along the main river running through it
Lovely video, an interesting and well illustrated page of History...Excellent!
Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words...more coming soon!
7:10 you forgot to mention that in 497 BC it was the great Onesilus, aka the Cypriot form of badassery
He was the first to unite the cypriots (except the phoenician Amathus)
And later you forgot to mention the great King of Salamis, EVAGORAS, one of the biggest names that Cypriots from Famagusta identify with today.
He alone led an entire force to liberate not only all of Cyprus, but also parts of Cilicia and Phoenicia.
He is possibly the greatest ruler of Cyprus of all time
Great work as always
Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words!
5:55 Spent some research on phoenician place names in the past and iirc the phoenicians called Salamis "Šelami" or "Šelowi", since the other names for Qart Hadasht or Kition in greek are given.
Interesting, thanks for sharing, I appreciate it. I'd love to read up more on this... got the titles of any interesting books on the subject?
Thanks again!
The one book that comes to mind as of writing rn is Itineraria Phoenicia, but I'm not sure anymore if I got the name from there.
Good one. And thank you bunch
Thank you for stopping by, ,I really appreciate it!
πολύ ωραίο και ενημερωτικό βίντεο που μου άρεσε ήταν περισσότερο .. hello CY Я US 😁... any idea as to how and why everyone that time decided to make Akkadian the language for communication?
Hi my friend, thanks for stopping by! I think for a couple of reasons, one being that along with getting the support of the far-reaching states (Akkadian Empire, for example), it was also a Semitic language and so easier for people in the west (Canannites, Elbaites, Amorites etc) to a understand and assimilate. There were other reasons, but those are the two that immediately come to my mind.
Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy cheers CyЯus.
It had a beautiful climate, not any more!
3 fun facts about the Bronze age period in Cypriot history:
1. The Talant was the first form of currency as copper was so abundant... imagine...1 meter long piece of copper as currency, it was even featured on the collective coin of 10 years of the euro in Cyprus
2. Over its entire Copper-producing history, Cyprus cut down,if I remember correctly, a hundred times its size in forests
3. Copper was so abundant, the time period in our history books is not called the bronze age, rather the copper age (also because we don't really have a name in Greek for Bronze that also sounds cool)
History with Cyprus
Haha love it! Actually people used to call me Cyprus in school...that and cyborg.
Thanks buddy for stopping by... I'm also thinking that this summer, we can collab as I'll be getting into other periods of history that you might be into...I'll be in touch!
History with Cy totally! And sorry I hadn't made any progress with that one idea we were discussing... lots of other things have been popping up. Keep up the great work man!
You da man Cy!
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Cyprus and Crete both have had elongated skulls with no sagittal suture dug up, like those in Malta, and Nefertiti's Mittani formerly Shemsu Hor family.
I am sorry to inform you that you are wrong.
@@AthrihosPithekos you're pretty funny. Of course it's not wrong.
@@DrCorvid You are more than funny. Where did you get that information? No people with elongated skulls have been found in Crete or Cyprus.
Wait..."kart khadash"? Like Carthage? Did the Phoenicians just go around naming every settlement of theirs "new city"?
Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Kind of ... I'm sure that many Phoenician settlements around the Mediterranean had similar or identical names, something I'd like to research further in the future. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Citium in Latin would be pronounced as /kitium/ not /sitium/.
you should do a series on Rome.
Sono rimasta entusiasta di questo fantastico video. Sapevo tanto su Creta e poco su Cipro, percio' ti ringrazio. E' cosi' interessante. Aprezzo molto che ci fai vedere la loro arte e dove si trovano adesso questi oggetti. Poi con la tua voce irresistibile, il piacere e' completo. Posiamo sapere come ti chiami visto che non possiamp vederti.
Thank so much, I really appreciate it! I will soon do a few videos were you will be able to see me... I had wanted to travel to some of these places and shoot a live video from there this summer, but due to the crisis cannot... but one day hopefully.
Thanks again and I hope that you are safe in Italy...I know that it is an extremely hard time for all of you but my prayers and thoughts are with all of you. Please stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy
Grazie tante per il Suo pensiero gentile.E' molto dura per tutti. Speriamo che passi presto.
Tanti auguri a Lei e a tutti gli Americani.
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Grazie tante! Spero do vederLa presto o nei Suoi video o alla televisione Ameeicana perche' se lo merita. Nelfratempo guardero' altri Szoi video, siguramente non ki ho visti tutti. Qua e' un silenzio incredibile e penso che doppo questo niente sara' uguale come prima. Le auguro serenita' quanto e' possibille in questa situazione, abbia cura di se, tanti aiguri.
Con grande affetto,
Thank you so much...it is the same here...very quiet, not many people going out. Everyday there are more and more cases, but we are doing the best that we can, which I know you all are as well. Stay safe, this too shall pass...
Haha TV I don't know, but on UA-cam perhaps soon!
The name does not come from the Latin word for copper. It's the other way around, copper is named after Cyprus. There are records of the name written in linear B predating Rome a thousand years.
0:30 No, Cyprus gave to copper its name
Is Cy short for Cyprus?
talk more about tamassos kingdom
Can you do something on the history of israel and how they fit in the history of these great civilizations of past?
Definitely, I'm putting together some material on ancient Canaan and its role in the region... thanks for stopping by and stay tuned!
Ya Dnaana = the island of Danaans,Danaee,Danaoi,Δαναοί
Kityon was קרת חדשה too? :O
Wait how they get a minecraft ore?
Haha I didn't know that....never played minecraft.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
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The myceneans did inhabit Cyprus
There was tbe Cypriot syllabry that was connected to Linear B
Boom what up, Im late.
Ive been playing Wolcen all weekend, and the servers are FINALLY up
Cool... glad you made it here though and thanks for stopping by!
My question is, what language did they speak? Were they Indo European, Semitic, or just Old European?
What is the name of the first background song.
It's called "Opa Opa" and can be found on Epidemic Sound.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate and glad you liked the soundtrack!
@@HistorywithCy thank you so much
@@HistorywithCy what about the song at 2:03? Sorry to bother you, but it's so good.
@@beninwarrior4579 "Ancient Discoveries", also from Epidemic Sound. :)
@@joonavuoristo4659 thank you?
I find it odd that you use the Ecclesiastical pronunciation of Latin when reading Classical Latin words. It would make sense to use the Classical pronunciation.
Hi, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. Yeah I think you're right, I supposed that's how I learned it here in the US and that pronunciation stuck. I will try to do better with regard to this in future. Thanks again, appreciate you stopping by!
@@HistorywithCy You're welcome. Keep doing what you do. Really enjoying the content.
neato
Thank you!
why dont you mention the bible/ both esarhaddon and cyrus the great are in bible/
Hate to be the person to bring these awful news but can you please count how many times Turkey was mentioned in this video? To this day Turkey says that Cyprus is turkish. Can i get an amen?
1974 Ayşe Tatile Çıktı😁
Israrla boş bir şey yazmak zorundaydın değil? Adanın 5 bin yıllık tarihi var ama yoook, gözünde 1974'den başka bişey değilik ha?
@@atruv2089 there's always one
@@atruv2089 if Mongols knew that they would have ancestors like you they would be very proud. Your DNA is intact, zero evolution since 1200. As you can see Cypriot is a turkish island according to.. none
@@stefm6764 ???? What?
@@stefm6764 Sorry to interrupt the conversation just curious you seem to know a lot about this topic. The peer reviewed scientific journal published by public library of science in 2006 tested the dna of Greek Cypriots and found there are 6 other nationalities the Cypriot greeks are closer to genetically over Greece, Greece was 7th on the list for Cyp Greeks. The Cypriot Greeks are closest genetically to the Turks on the island they are your closest genetic/dna relations
Could you explain this to me it had me puzzled? It assumes the Greeks are more Turk than Greek off scientific data