A map of the Mediterranean ca750 BCE (the time when the Homeric and Hesiodic texts were first written down), showing the areas inhabited or controlled by Greeks (gold or yellow), Phoenicians (purple), and Etruria (blue). The Babylonia and Hittite cosmogonies discussed by Caldwell come from the area labeled "Assyria," and farther east, the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys (Mesopotamia).

Physical maps of the southern mainland, Peloponnese, islands, and west coast of Turkey (Asia Minor). It conveys the roughness of the terrain, and helps you learn the major regions.

A map showing the major sites of the Minoan and Mycenean cultures. Remember that the Minoans are primarily on the island of Crete, and the Myceneans on the mainland and the Peloponnese.

The major trade routes during the Greek bronze age. These routes make it easy to see how mythologies of Egypt, Greece, Crete, and the Near East could influence one another.

A map of Minoan Crete, showing the thick pattern of major palaces, settlements, peak sanctuaries, sacred caves, and tombs.