| Balkan | Ionia | Crete | Cyprus |
B. Minoan Civilization 3000-1500 B.C.
| Knossos | Linear A | Linear B |
| Minotaur | Minos | labyrinth |
| Theseus | Ariadne | Thera |
| Mycenae | tholos | Kamilari |
| Aghia Triadhan |
C. Indo-Europeans Invade
D. Mycenaeans
| Hellespont | Illiad | Odyssey |
| Dorians |
E. Persians
| Medes | Scythians | Lydia |
| Croesus | Cyrus (559-530 BC) | |
| Cambyses (530-522 BC) | ||
| Darius (522-486 BC) | Caucasus | |
| satraps | Ephesus | Zoroaster |
| Ahura Mazda | Ahriman | |
| Manicheans | Persepolis | Susa |
| Xerxes (486-465 BC) | Achaemenids |