Treaty of Alliance (1960) Guarantee committed them to consult one another in any Cyprus-related crisis, and to attempt to forge a unified course of action. Treaty of Alliance (1960) The 1960 Treaty of Alliance was an international agreement regarding the control and administration of the island of Cyprus. It was signed by the governments of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus in Nicosia in August, 1960. Cyprus attained independence from the United Kingdom on 16 August 1960 through the Zürich and London Agreement. The Treaty of Alliance was a simultaneous attempt to defuse the dangerous Cyprus dispute which existed between Greece and Turkey. A major element
Mediterranean race Mediterranean race The Mediterranean race (also Mediterranid race) is one of the sub-races into which the Caucasian race was categorised by most anthropologists in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. According to various definitions, it was said to be prevalent in Southern Europe, parts of Western Asia, western Central Asia and parts of South Asia, in North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. To a lesser extent, certain populations of people in parts of Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany, despite living far from the Mediterranean, were deemed as potentially having some Mediterranean elements in their population, such as Bavaria, Wales