For 10 points, name this eastern Mediterranean island now split between the Turkish northeast and the Greek southwest.
The earliest known domestication of cats occurred in this place around 7500 BCE. A stela at Kition tells of Sargon II's victory over seven kings of this place. This place was unusually ruled by an Arab-Byzantine condominium from the 7th to 10th centuries, which ended after the successful campaign of Niketas Chalkoutzes. The city of Enkomi in this place may have been the capital of Alashiya. The Ottoman period of rule of this island began after the Siege of (*) Famagusta. Richard I captured this island from the rebellious Isaac Comnenus and soon sold it to the Templars. In the 20th century, this island's close cultural connections with Greece have fostered a movement of unification, or enosis, with it. For 10 points, name this eastern Mediterranean island now split between the Turkish northeast and the Greek southwest.
The earliest known domestication of cats occurred in this place around 7500 BCE.
Cyprus