Please add punctuation to this: The Hellenistic period 336 to 31 BCE is associated with Alexander the Greats conquest of the Persian Empire in the years 334323 BCE as well as with the subsequent period when several hundred new colonies were founded which spread Greek culture far into the former Persian Empire
The '''Hellenistic period''' (336 to 31 BCE) is associated with Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire in the years 334-323 BCE, as well as with the subsequent period, when several hundred new colonies were founded which spread Greek culture far into the former Persian Empire.