I have so many questions as I'm in love with studying the historical rise and fall of empires like Babylon, Rome, Persia, England, maybe the USA someday, etc, and even Greece as seen here.
Hercules
I wonder if the Greek mythology of Hercules is based on this Herakles that you mention in this post. I would say yes in the same way as the Greek gods are. We can find some accurate and historical truth within fables, legends, myths, fairy tales, folk lore, etc. The hard part is sorting between what really happened and what may have been exaggerated, added, twisted, altered, changed, deformed, and removed.
THE DORIANS
I love that Dorian states were split into 3 tribes as you said because I like the number three for the trinity.
Ancient Cities
I would love to know the history of ancient cities and places. I would love to map out the timeline, the history, of how cities can die and how new cities rise in their place.
Saigon
For example, I was living in Vietnam for five years from 2012-2017, mostly in Saigon which is now called Ho Chi Minh City. Well, they say that Saigon was once called Gia Dinh which means like the forest, the swamp, or something like that. Before the 1800's, I think it had another name. So, in other words, this one area has had different names over the years. So, I would love to dig up what might be in the ruins of these places in Europe.
Greece
I love the philosophers who came out of Greece, people like Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates, which I've learned about from people like @stefan.molyneux. I love the history of some of the ancient cities like Athena for example. Athena was named after Athena. Wasn't Athena the Greek god of like wisdom? Was there a historical person named Athena that the Greek god was based on? I should write articles about history like you are doing. Good work.
RE: The Greek Dark Age (c.1,150 - 800 BC)