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BAS Antoine
CONTRERAS Emma
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ABID HanaBAS AntoineCONTRERAS Emma

AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Cyprus

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  • How, when did the British Empire colonised Cyprus

2. The colonisation

  • What are the consequences of the fall of the British Empire on the Cyprus ?

4. The consequences of the fall of the Empire

  • how, when Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom

3. The decolonization

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  • What ? Where ? A short presentation of the country
  • What is the commonwealth ? a short presentation of this organization

1. Cyprus and the Commonwealth

Cyprus

It is a small island in the east of the Mediterranean Sea, close to Lebanon and Türkiye

1.a:

The localisation

There is the map of Cyprus, Olive branches symbolize peace between Greeks and Turks.Peace is also symbolized by the white background.

The Flag

The Commonwealth

maintain political, economical and cultural ties between the former british colonies, helps the members in the struggle against climate changeconstitued by the 1949 London Declaration.King Charles III directes this organisation.

It is an organization of 56 member Sates, wich is almost the territory of the empirethe Seat is in the Malborough house in London.It is born in 1949

1.b:

The objectives and the history

The countrys

The flag of the Commonwealth is constitued of a symbol in gold on a blue background. The symbol is centered on a globe and it represents the global nature of the Commonwealth and the extent of its membership as well as a shape of the letter "C".

The Flag

2.

1878: Cyprus convention1914: official annexation

The beggining of the membership of Cyprus in the British Empire

How did the British Empire colonized Cyprus ?

Independance wars : 1931, 1955-1959negociations : 1955-1960Independance : 1960 (Zurich Agreement)

The decolonization

The end of the independance war

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