A detailed map of Greek settlements in western Asia Minor, during the Greek Dark Age (or Geometric Age) 11th-8th cent. BC. Dorians colonise the southern lands, Ionians colonise the centre area and Aeolians colonise the nothern part of Asia Minor. -Assos, Pitane, Aegae , Temnos, Adramytttion, Larissa and Mytilene are main Aeolian cities. -Smyrna, Teos, Colophon, Ephesus, Myus, Milet, Magnesia, Samos Island and Chios are main Ionian cities, -Halikarnassos, Kos , Knidos, Lindos are main Dorian cities. Map by Alexikoua - Wikipedia (thanks very much for this great work)