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First came the hunter-gatherers and then the farmers. After farmers, the people on the island of Crete became civilized and thus the Minoans came to existence, becoming the first Ancient Greeks. So basically, the hunter gatherers and farmers who lived in Greece are the Ancient Greeks ancestors.
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Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. There are actually 4 cradles of civilization: Ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, Ancient India (Indus Valley, and the near Aryan Age), and Ancient China. Following that came the 2 European civilizations of Ancient Greece, and ancient Rome. After that came the Mayans, Aztecs, and the new patterns of civilization. My Source: World History: The Human Odyssey, by Professor Jackson J. Spielvogel. I recommend you to read the book for a more thorough answer.
The ancient Romans go the majority of their lions from Africa which was right across the Mediterranean from them. A few came from the Mideast.
Our alphabet came from Latin, which came from the Greek alphabet, which came the ancient alphabet used by Semites. See related link below for more information.