| cl | | | | during this period that The Kition City Kingdom was |
| Legend has it that the first settlement in the area that | | | | established by the Greeks, and it enjoyed the dual |
| became Larnaca (then known as Kition) was founded | | | | position of being both a rich port and a major centre of |
| by Noahâs great-grandson Kittim. At one time | | | | the copper trade. It is also alluded to, in a list of allies of |
| Kition was the principal colony in Cyprus, of the ancient | | | | King Assurbanipal of Assyria, that Kition was still a |
| civilisation of Phoenicia until becoming part of the | | | | recent settlement in the 7th century BC. The discovery |
| Greek Hellenistic world. | | | | of an official monument of King Sargon II also |
| The ancient site is at the north end of modern day | | | | suggests that Kition was the administrative centre |
| Larnaca, with the earliest remains believed to go back | | | | during this time. |
| to the Mycenean age (circa 1400-1100 BC). It was | | | | |