| A | B |
| Mycenae | ancient city in S Greece, in Argolis |
| Minoan | native of ancient Crete |
| archaeology | study of ancient people and their culture |
| Black Sea | sea between Europe and Asia |
| Hellespont | ancient of the Dardanelles |
| Dardanelles | strait between European and Asian Turkey |
| Troy | an ancient ruined city in Homer's Iliad |
| Dorian | overran W Greece and Peloponnesus in 12 century B.C.E. |
| Arcadia | mountainous region in central Peloponnesus |
| Peloponnesus | peninsula forming the S part of Greece |
| Laconia | ancient country in the SE Peloponnesus. Cap.:Sparta |
| Helen | beautiful daughter of Zeus; abducted by Paris |
| Hittite | people who held power in Anatolia and Syria from c1900 to c1200 B.C. |