Alexander the Great (article) Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world - TimeMaps. The history of ancient Macedonia up to the time of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age The Hellenistic Age 336-30 BC (from Alexander’s crowning to the death of Cleopatra) The word Hellenistic comes from the root word Hellas, which was the ancient Greek word for Greece.
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