Stella Zalewskip Age 12, Of Kearny., N.J., for her question:

What was the Hellenistic Age?

The ancient greeks called their land Hellas,, and their fabulous culture began to arise about 3000 years ago. The Hellenes or Hellenistic people then began to surpass the rest of the world in art and poetry, in math and science and above all in their democratic method of government. Alexander was a product of this cultures and the Hellenes reached their golden age after his world conquest around 330 b.c.

We can say that the Hellenistic age began around 1000 B.C. .but most scholars take it to be  the age of classical Greek culture which followed Alexander the Great. The golden age ended when Rome conquered Greece in 197 B.C.., and 50 years later Greece became a Roman province.