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The location of mainland Greece and its’ islands (in dark green on the map), a short jump from North Africa, has proven to be a gargantuan advantage, for the historical civilizations that evolved out of Africa then migrated to the Levant region. To the east and south of Athens are thousands of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. The luxurious climate and then the sea trading has connected the islands with other cultures from nearby regions as far as China and India. The largest Greek island is Crete, which supported the advanced civilization of the Minoans, the earliest of its’ kind in Europe.
The Minoan civilization lasted almost two thousand years, from 3500BC to 1100BC, developing advanced architecture, art, and writing. Even though their language has not been deciphered yet, it appears they were a matriarchal society, and they revered dolphins.
The early Minoans on Crete contacted the Egyptians numerous times throughout their empire, and it seems a valid assumption that the Minoans learned bread making from the Egyptians. A question that comes to mind - does the historical evidence indicate this bread was raised?
After the Minoan civilization collapsed, the next major leader to carry on the Greek civilization was Alexander the Great, who brought on the Hellenistic era, and then Byzantium ruled, utilizing the Greek language.
Then the Ottomans ruled throughout Greece beginning in 1400's and until 1800's, including on Crete. My thinking is the Arab cultures brought knowledge of the chickpea-leavened breads onto Crete, where this food culture became established. But which came first, Eftazymo or Arkatena?
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