If you could live in a palace and rule your own country, would you? The word ancient is described as something that happened a really long time ago. Thousands of years ago, there was a civilization that dominated much of the Mediterranean, and that was known as Ancient Greece. Back then, you had the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Dark Ages, the Archaic period, the Classical period, and the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic era was an interesting time, lasting from the death of Alexander the Great until Rome conquered Greece. Because of their culture, it provided the foundation of what we call the western civilization today. The Ancient Greeks had an impact on everything from mathematics, government, sports, philosophy, art, science,