Editing Nicosia (section)

===Prehistoric Nicosia===
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Nicosia has been in continuous habitation since around {{nowrap|2500 BC}} near the beginning of the [[Bronze Age]], when the first inhabitants settled in the fertile plain of Mesaoria.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nicosia.org.cy/english/lefkosia_istoria_arxaia_lefkosia.shtm |title=Nicosia Municipality |publisher=Nicosia.org.cy |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315231529/http://www.nicosia.org.cy/english/lefkosia_istoria_arxaia_lefkosia.shtm |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[city-state]] of [[Ledra]] is similarly connected with the area of Nicosia, although the larger share of [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean-era]] ruins in the area are at the broad hill of Ayia Paraskevi or Leondari Vounò {{convert|6|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} southeast of central Nicosia.{{sfnp|Hill|1939|p=379}} Ledra is reported as one of the twelve kingdoms of ancient Cyprus built by [[Achaeans (tribe)|Achaeans]] after the end of the [[Trojan War]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Nicosia {{!}} Cyprus, Map, History, & Population {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nicosia |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> The kingdom was quickly destroyed. The Cypriot vassal state transcribed as "Lidir" in a 672 BC Assyrian text is generally identified with the remains which have been found nearer to the modern city.{{sfnp|Hill|1939|p=379}} Its ruler Onasagoras{{clarify|date=February 2024}}<!--Assyrian form of name--> was recorded paying tribute to the [[Assyrian Empire|Assyrian]] [[list of Assyrian emperors|king]] [[Esarhaddon]].