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    Khirokitia (sometimes spelled Choirokoitia; Greek: Χοιροκοιτία [çiɾociˈti.a], suggested meaning Pig-cradle, from χοίρος 'pig, boar' + κοιτίς 'place of...
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    between 1424 and 1426. As a result of the Mamluk victory in the battle of Khirokitia on 7 July 1426 and the capture of King Janus, Cyprus became a tributary...
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  • burial is known from Khirokitia as well (group II). The burial was situated near a house, but at the outside, in contrast to Khirokitia, were all burials...
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    association significantly. The remarkably well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating to approximately 6800 BC. During...
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  • parts, and projectile points made of bipolar blades, lacking in the later Khirokitia culture, are common. The site contains wells and cattle enclosures as...
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    "El poblamiento neolítico en la Isla de Chipre: el establecimiento de Khirokitia". Treballs d'Arqueologia (2): 51–67. Centre national de la recherche scientifique...
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    the 9th millennium BC and the end of this millennium, long before the Khirokitia Culture. The fact remains that its disappearance in the Middle Phase at...
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    rice cultivation, ceramics etc. Jiahu China 7000 5800 Knossos Crete 7000 Khirokitia Cyprus 7000 4000 Mehrgarh Pakistan 7000 5500 aceramic but elaborate culture...
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    Neolithic Period) 5000 - 4000 BCE filled the gap left by the abandonment of Khirokitia Culture sites. The culture appears to have formed about two centuries...
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  • from Cyprus and date to the Neolithic period (ca. 4500–3900/3800 BC). At Khirokitia, flexed bodies buried in pit graves were pinned by millstones that were...
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  • crusading armies in the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade. July 7 – Battle of Khirokitia: King Janus of Cyprus is defeated and captured by the Mamluks and brought...
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    Gorneşti culture Gumelnița–Karanovo culture Hamangia culture Kakanj culture Khirokitia Linear Pottery culture Malta Temples Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San...
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    Famagusta. In 1426 the Mameluks raided the island, and Janus met them at Khirokitia. Apparently the troops had no water, so they drank wine instead and became...
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    use may also have occurred. Other, later examples are found in Cyprus (Khirokitia), where they were used as homes. There is no clear connection between...
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  • Aceramic Neolithic phases, the Aceramic Neolithic culture known as the Khirokitia culture was thought to be the earliest human settlement on Cyprus, from...
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    Gorneşti culture Gumelnița–Karanovo culture Hamangia culture Kakanj culture Khirokitia Linear Pottery culture Malta Temples Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San...
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  • Hussites defeat Imperial forces in the modern-day Czech Republic. Battle of Khirokitia 7 July – Mamelukes defeat intoxicated Cypriots. Battle of Hoorn 22 August...
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    examples of any form of vaulting is to be found in the neolithic village of Khirokitia on Cyprus. Dating from c. 6000 BCE, the circular buildings supported beehive...
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  • Mission, Khirokitia". www.ifchypre.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017. T., Watkins (1990). "Le Brun A. (éd.). - 1989. Fouilles récentes à Khirokitia (Chypre)...
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  • Gorneşti culture Gumelnița–Karanovo culture Hamangia culture Kakanj culture Khirokitia Linear Pottery culture Malta Temples Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San...
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    Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Followed by Pottery Neolithic Halaf culture Hassuna culture Neolithic Greece Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Khirokitia Faiyum A culture...
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  • Castle, 1210–1279 Kolossi Castle, 1306–1313 Fortresses in Germasogeia and Khirokitia Also commandries in Nicosia, Famagusta, Limassol, Paphos, and Psimolofou...
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  • Gorneşti culture Gumelnița–Karanovo culture Hamangia culture Kakanj culture Khirokitia Linear Pottery culture Malta Temples Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San...
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    with the sites Shillourokambos and Mylouthkia, and notably predating Khirokitia by almost a millennium. It was still settled during the 6th millennium...
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    rounded corners. The sub-rectangular houses had two or three rooms. In Khirokitia, the remains of the Sotira phase overlay the aceramic remains. There are...
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    Gorneşti culture Gumelnița–Karanovo culture Hamangia culture Kakanj culture Khirokitia Linear Pottery culture Malta Temples Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San...
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    titular Prince of Galilee, a military leader in Egypt, killed in action at Khirokitia or Chirokhitia, married ca. 1406 his cousin Eleanor of Lusignan (d. ca...
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    numbers at the aceramic Neolithic sites of throughout Cyprus, such as Khirokitia, Kalavasos-Tenta, Cap Andreas Kastros, and Ais Yiorkis,[citation needed]...
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  • leave Nicosia when the Mamlukes approached the city after the battle of Khirokitia in 1426. According to Professor Charles Fraser Beckingham, "there must...
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    re-introduced until the ceramic Neolithic. In the 6th millennium BC, the aceramic Khirokitia culture was characterised by roundhouses, stone vessels and an economy...
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