Original sentence: For a brief period, after the conquests of Alexander the Great, it became the most powerful state in the world, with borders including the whole of Greece and as far as India; at that time it inaugurated the Hellenistic period of world history.It is commonly explained as having originally meant 'a tall one' or 'highlander', possibly descriptive of the people.Macedonia or Macedon (from , ) was a kingdom in ancient Greece, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula.The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west, Paionia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east.The names Macedonia (, ) and Macedon (, ) come from the ancient Greek word μακεδνός ().and of Thessaly to the south
Edited sentence: For a brief period, after the conquests of Alexander the Great, it became the most powerful state in the world, with borders including the whole of Greece and as far as India; at that time it inaugurated the Macedonian period of world history.It is commonly explained as having originally meant 'a tall one' or 'highlander' or a Great land, possibly descriptive of the people and the land.Macedonia or Macedon (from , ) was a kingdom, centered in the  of the Balkan.The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west, Serbia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east.The names Macedonia (, ) and Macedon (, ) come from the ancient Macedonians words Mak and don ().and of Greece to the south