Map 1. The Mediterranean, showing a simplified reconstruction of Phoenician and Greek colonies and trading areas. By Sveta Matskevich.

Map 2. Greece and the Aegean. Redrawn by Sveta Matskevich after Hall 2002, map.

Map 3. Phoenicia and Cyprus. Redrawn by Sveta Matskevich after http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature2/images/mp_full.2.jpg.

Map 4. The Achaemenid Empire. Redrawn by Sveta Matskevich after Briant 2002, 366, map 2.