Before the Black Sea Flood, probably Anatolia and the Western shore of the Euxine Lake. After the Flood, Eastern Balkans. Later extended through Western Anatolia and the Levantine coast. Probably Malta, all of the Balkans, some of Italy, and maybe northwest into Europe. Perhaps Tunisia and western North Africa. Later, the Phoenecian area. Possibly the Megalith builders belonged to this culture along the Atlantic coast of Europe.
Before 6000 BC in Anatolia, 5500 BC to 3000 BC in the Balkans, but continuing as an underlay into relatively modern times. 3500 BC or earlier until 1650 BC in Crete. Maybe 4000 BC to 1200 BC in Levant. From the founding until the fall of Carthage? Are the Berbers descendants that still maintain some of the old culture?
Orthogonal street plan (not pre-flood Catal Höyük), based on four main streets meeting at the centre (Ebla). There might be a main temple at the head of each main street. This carries through the Roman towns.
No fortress walls (except in later stages for "frontier towns" like Ebla).
Many small sculptures, but no monumental ones.
No images of heroes or of war, or at least not of triumphal vistories with beaten opponents (But a sea battle is on a frieze in the Akrotiri room from which the Marine Festival Frieze came).
(Female) Snakes, snakes as hair, snakes under control held in two outstretched hands (Mistress of Animals). Birds, butterflies (which transformed into the Labrys, or double axe), water, toad, fish.
(Male) Bull or Bull-man.
(Abstract) There seems to have been a seasonal representation of the cycle of life, represented by cross-based figures such as the swastika. The number three seems to have been important. Many things are represented in threes, from markings on sculptures to the tripartite shrines well known in Minoan Crete, but also earlier elsewhere in this culture, even as early as pre-flood Catal Höyük.
Matrilineal: the King gained legitimacy by his relationship to the Queen, who was the High Priestess. The High Priestess seemed to have authority, but the King dealt with the Administration and usually the men would do what fighting was necessary (but also consider the Amazons, some of whom were still active in the time of Alexander). The position of the King in Ebla seems to be shown linguistically, in that the Sumerian "en" and "lugal" both seem to have similar hierarchic levels, whereas in the Male-oriented Sumer culture, "lugal"(?) was the paramount King, and "en" a governor (maybe it was the other way round). This would make sense if in Ebla both were subordinate to the High Priestess in the sense that her approval was needed before serious action such as war was undertaken.According to Pettinato, male and female in Ebla 2500 BC were paid equally, and had equal access to high positions, though presumably the High Priestess and the King were sex-specific positions.