YFred wrote:RichardB wrote:Olives in Cyprus
Peter Kalman
Olives were first introduced into Cyprus in 3000.B.C, from Micro Asia. The olive tree which now exists is believed to have been bought to Cyprus by the Romans. It is known as the 'Cyprus Olive Oil Tree'. This olive tree takes many forms and produce is varied in shape. The oil is known as very high quality oil, with a fruity aroma. It's production is unreliable from season to
season.
www.olivebusiness.com
Surely you mean Asia Minor - ala Turkallo land de Anatolia.
History of Anatolia
Historic Ages of Anatolia
Paleolithic Age (Early Stone Age) 60,0000 - 10,000 B.C.
Mesolithic Age (Mid Stone Age) 10,000 - 8,500 B.C.
Neolithic Age (Late Stone Age) 8,500 - 5,000 B.C.
Calcolithic Age (Copper Age) 5,000 - 3,000 B.C.
Bronze Age 3,000 - 2,000 B.C.
Hatti Civilization 2,500 - 2,000 B.C.
Troy - II Settlement 2,500 - 2,000 B.C.
Hatti and Hittite Principalities Period 2,000 - 1,750 B.C.
Great Hittite Kingdom
Hurri Civilization 1,750 - 1,200 B.C.
Troy - VI Civilization 1,800 - 1,275 B.C.
Aegean Migration and Invasion From Balkans 1,200 B.C.
The Anatolian Principalities during the Iron Age 1,200 - 700 B.C.
Urartu Civilization 900 - 600 B.C.
The Civilization of Phrygia 750 - 300 B.C.
Lydia, Caria and Lycia Civilizations 700 - 300 B.C.
Ionian Civilization 1,050 - 300 B.C.
Persian Conquest 545 - 333 B.C.
Hellenistic And Roman Age 333 B.C. - 395 A.D.
Byzantine Civilization 330 - 1453 A.D.
Seljuk Civilization 1071 - 1300 A.D.
Ottomans 1299 - 1923 A.D.
The Turkish Republic 1923 - present
One of the great crossroads of ancient civilizations is a broad peninsula that lies between the Black and Mediterranean seas. Called Asia Minor (Lesser Asia) by the Romans, the land is the Asian part of
modern Turkey, across Thrace.
It lies across the Aegean Sea to the east of Greece and is usually known by its Greek name Anatolia.
http://www.allaboutturkey.com/anatolia.htm
And the first olive was when Fred ....Oh yes 1800 yrs before the Ottomans
(where the fuc* did you find this
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