- Hittite Empire (1650 - 1178 BC)
- Achaean Greeks arrive (14th century BC)
- Phoenicians arrive (10th century BC)
- Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 - 609 BC)
- Egypt conquers Cyprus (6th century BC)
- Persia conquers Cyprus (6th century BC)
- Rome annexes Cyprus (58 BC)
- Umayyad Caliphate invades Cyprus (7th century AD)
- Byzantine Empire conquers Cyprus (965 AD)
- Kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489)
- Venetian Cyprus (1489-1571)
- Ottoman Cyprus (1571-1878)
- British Cyprus (1878-1960)
- Cyprus gains independence (1960)
- Cyprus joins the European Union (2004)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Cyprus at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Cyprus.)
