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The division of Northern and Southern Cyprus splits not just along political and geographic lines, but gaming too


Cyprus is a land of divisions – and not only within its political and geographical elements but also in the world of gaming. The Eurasian island country in the Eastern Mediterranean is located to the south of Turkey and west of Syria and the Lebanon. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. It measures 240 km from end to end and 100km wide at its widest point.


The island is dominated by two mountain ranges, the Troodos Mountains and the smaller Kyrenia Range, whilst the central plain they encompass is called the Mesaoria. The Troodos cover most of the southern and western portions of the island and the highest point is Mount Olympus at 1,952m. The Kyrenia Range extends along the northern coastline. The island is subdivided into four main segments. The Republic of Cyprus (Greek Cypriots) occupies the southern two thirds of the island. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) occupies the northern


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third of the island; the UN controlled Green Line is the buffer which separates the two whilst two bases under British sovereignty are located in the areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.


The earliest known human activity on the island dates back to the 10th millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East, the country has also been occupied by numerous major powers who have left their stamp on the island over the centuries. Settled by Mycenean Greeks in the 2nd millennium BC the island also experienced long periods of rule under the Ptolemies and the Byzantines. The Ottomans conquered the island in 1570 and it remained under their control for three centuries. Following the Russo-Turkish War, administration, but not sovereignty of the island, was placed under British rule in 1878 on the basis that the island could be used as a base to protect the Ottoman Empire against possible Russian aggression. The island would serve Britain as a key military base and by 1906 it was a strategic naval outpost overlooking the Suez Canal.


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