Near East and Middle East (whole Asia from Mediterranean sea to contemporary Pakistan, Kazakchstan, including these countries) Balkans, North Africa and its eastern coast, Spain, Portugal, Sicilia, Indonesia.
John Rockefeller moved 60%of all oil till he build his pipe line that cause the railroad to collapse
Sparta defeated Athens. In 404 BC, Athens was forced to surrender to Sparta during the Peloponnesian War.
Most caste systems in our history were based on a person's skin color. I'm gonna take a guess that it would be the same for this part of the world.
One feature that helped the U.S. grow in industry was the inovation.