A pivotal transformation that distinguishes the change between the Hellenic Greece and Hellenistic Greece is the Geography and the way it shaped out the communities. During the Hellenic period, the once-independent Greek city-states, which had expanded their influence throughout much of the Mediterranean basin, were conquered and united by the Macedonians. From then on the cities states became known as the Greco-Macedonians whose goal is to conquer the Persian Empire under Alexander. The name, Hellenistic period is derived from the spread of Greece and it expanded the civilized center from the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus River in India and permitted the development of its culture. Although the cities were no longer independent, as they
