There were Ibero-Caucasians living on the Balkan peninsula and on Crete in Ancient times, before Indo-Europeans arrived from the territories of southern Russia.
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Ancient Ibero-Caucasian tribes in Greece:
1) Caucones
2) Leleges
3) Telchines - Pre-Greek dwellers of Rhodes Island
4) Cadmeans
5) Eteocypriots (\"True Cypriots\") - They lived scattered through Cyprus island.
6) Minoan Cretans (mentioned in Iliad's Catalogue of Ships)
7) Eteocretans (\"True Cretans\") - They lived in the eastern region of Crete island.
8) Bottiaeans? - They originally lived in Bottiaea, after Macedonian conquest many of them migrated to Bottike
9) Minyans (Minyes) (mentioned in Iliad's Catalogue of Ships)
Pelasgian tribes:
10) Aethices/Aethikes - They lived on Mount Pindus and in the neighborhood of Mount Tomarus.
11) Attican Pelasgians - They lived in Attica in scattered communities. Later they were fully assimilated into an Attican Ionian Greek ethnic identity.
12) Crestones - They lived in Crestonia (southern slopes of Bertiscus Mount, today's Vertiskos Mount; Vertiskos village is on the slopes), to the north of the Mygdonia, to the northeast of Thessalonika).
13) Cretan Pelasgians - They lived in parts of Crete island along with other peoples of the island: Eteocretans (\"True Cretans\" or Cretans proper), Achaean and Dorian Greeks and the Cydonians (of the city of Cydonia /modern Chania).
14) Hellespontus Pelasgians - They lived in the Thracian Chersonesus (today's Gallipoli Peninsula) and some parts on the coast of the other side of the Hellespontus or Dardanelles strait (on the Asian side) before the Thracian expansion and conquest of that peninsula.
15) Lemnian Pelasgians - They lived in Lemnos island, in the North Aegean Sea. They were conquered by Athens at the end of the 6th century BC and later assimilated into an Ionian Greek identity. Some of them moved to the peninsula's promontory of Actē (today's Mount Athos).
16) Cynurians - They lived in Cynuria (Cynuria had two enclaves, one on the coast of eastern Peloponnese Peninsula, between Laconia and Argolis, and another inland, in the far southwestern Arcadia, also called Parrhasia) but it is not certain if Cynurians of East Peloponnese coast and Cynurians of the inland (Arcadia) were the same people, two branches of an original people or even if they were directly related.
17) Arcadian Cynurians/Inland Cynurians (Arcadian Pelasgians/Parrhasia Pelasgians) - They lived in far southwestern Arcadia (an inland region of Peloponnese), that was also called Parrhasia, around Mount Lykaion/Lycaeus.
18) East Peloponnese Coastal Cynurians - They lived on the coast of eastern Peloponnese Peninsula, from the coast to the eastern slopes of Mount Parnon.
19) Hyantes Pelasgians (legendary or partly based on a true people and historical events) - Former Pelasgians inhabitants of Boeotia, from which country they were expelled by the followers of Cadmus (Peck; Pliny's Natural History, iv.12).
20) Pelasgiotes - They lived in Pelasgiotis (eastern Thessaly that included Thessaly's own capital Larissa).
21) Perrhaebi (Perraiboí) - They lived in Perrhaebia, Thessaly's northernmost district.
22) Propontis Pelasgians - They lived in some islands (Marmara, Aphousia) and parts of the southern coast of the Propontis (today's Marmara Sea), mostly in Cyzicus.
23) Samothracian Pelasgians - They lived in the island of Samothrace in the North Aegean Sea, south of Thrace. They were conquered by Athens at the beginning of the 5th century BC and later assimilated into an Ionian Greek identity.
Paeonian tribes
1) Agrianes - (also, Agriani and Agrii), it is also claimed that the tribe was Thracian.
2) Almopians - (also Almopioi)
3) Derrones - (also Derroni), it is also claimed that the tribe was Thracian.
4) Doberes
5) Laeaeans (also Laeaei and Laiai)
6) Odomantes (also Odomanti), it is also claimed that the tribe was Thracian.
7) Paeoplae
8) Siropaiones
Mingrelian Song: \"Skan Maskvama\"
Laz Singer: Resul (Dindar) Peneklishi
ლაზი მომღერლის, რესულ დინდარის (ფენექლიში) მიერ შესრულებული სიმღერა სქან მასქვამა. ალბომიდან ნანი (2009), ჯგუფი ქარმატე (Karmate).
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Ancient Ibero-Caucasian tribes in Greece:
1) Caucones
2) Leleges
3) Telchines - Pre-Greek dwellers of Rhodes Island
4) Cadmeans
5) Eteocypriots (\"True Cypriots\") - They lived scattered through Cyprus island.
6) Minoan Cretans (mentioned in Iliad's Catalogue of Ships)
7) Eteocretans (\"True Cretans\") - They lived in the eastern region of Crete island.
8) Bottiaeans? - They originally lived in Bottiaea, after Macedonian conquest many of them migrated to Bottike
9) Minyans (Minyes) (mentioned in Iliad's Catalogue of Ships)
Pelasgian tribes:
10) Aethices/Aethikes - They lived on Mount Pindus and in the neighborhood of Mount Tomarus.
11) Attican Pelasgians - They lived in Attica in scattered communities. Later they were fully assimilated into an Attican Ionian Greek ethnic identity.
12) Crestones - They lived in Crestonia (southern slopes of Bertiscus Mount, today's Vertiskos Mount; Vertiskos village is on the slopes), to the north of the Mygdonia, to the northeast of Thessalonika).
13) Cretan Pelasgians - They lived in parts of Crete island along with other peoples of the island: Eteocretans (\"True Cretans\" or Cretans proper), Achaean and Dorian Greeks and the Cydonians (of the city of Cydonia /modern Chania).
14) Hellespontus Pelasgians - They lived in the Thracian Chersonesus (today's Gallipoli Peninsula) and some parts on the coast of the other side of the Hellespontus or Dardanelles strait (on the Asian side) before the Thracian expansion and conquest of that peninsula.
15) Lemnian Pelasgians - They lived in Lemnos island, in the North Aegean Sea. They were conquered by Athens at the end of the 6th century BC and later assimilated into an Ionian Greek identity. Some of them moved to the peninsula's promontory of Actē (today's Mount Athos).
16) Cynurians - They lived in Cynuria (Cynuria had two enclaves, one on the coast of eastern Peloponnese Peninsula, between Laconia and Argolis, and another inland, in the far southwestern Arcadia, also called Parrhasia) but it is not certain if Cynurians of East Peloponnese coast and Cynurians of the inland (Arcadia) were the same people, two branches of an original people or even if they were directly related.
17) Arcadian Cynurians/Inland Cynurians (Arcadian Pelasgians/Parrhasia Pelasgians) - They lived in far southwestern Arcadia (an inland region of Peloponnese), that was also called Parrhasia, around Mount Lykaion/Lycaeus.
18) East Peloponnese Coastal Cynurians - They lived on the coast of eastern Peloponnese Peninsula, from the coast to the eastern slopes of Mount Parnon.
19) Hyantes Pelasgians (legendary or partly based on a true people and historical events) - Former Pelasgians inhabitants of Boeotia, from which country they were expelled by the followers of Cadmus (Peck; Pliny's Natural History, iv.12).
20) Pelasgiotes - They lived in Pelasgiotis (eastern Thessaly that included Thessaly's own capital Larissa).
21) Perrhaebi (Perraiboí) - They lived in Perrhaebia, Thessaly's northernmost district.
22) Propontis Pelasgians - They lived in some islands (Marmara, Aphousia) and parts of the southern coast of the Propontis (today's Marmara Sea), mostly in Cyzicus.
23) Samothracian Pelasgians - They lived in the island of Samothrace in the North Aegean Sea, south of Thrace. They were conquered by Athens at the beginning of the 5th century BC and later assimilated into an Ionian Greek identity.
Paeonian tribes
1) Agrianes - (also, Agriani and Agrii), it is also claimed that the tribe was Thracian.
2) Almopians - (also Almopioi)
3) Derrones - (also Derroni), it is also claimed that the tribe was Thracian.
4) Doberes
5) Laeaeans (also Laeaei and Laiai)
6) Odomantes (also Odomanti), it is also claimed that the tribe was Thracian.
7) Paeoplae
8) Siropaiones
Mingrelian Song: \"Skan Maskvama\"
Laz Singer: Resul (Dindar) Peneklishi
ლაზი მომღერლის, რესულ დინდარის (ფენექლიში) მიერ შესრულებული სიმღერა სქან მასქვამა. ალბომიდან ნანი (2009), ჯგუფი ქარმატე (Karmate).
