Complete the sentence about Byzantine Cyprus with the correct year: Proclaiming himself "emperor", Isaac Komnenos established control over the island in ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 1185
Cyprus was a Byzantine province from 965 onward. It was Isaac Komnenos who declared himself emperor and took control of the island in 1185, breaking away from Constantinople. That was just before the Third Crusade brought Richard I of England to its shores.
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