<span>During the Hellenistic Age Greek culture extended its influence over vast territory in the eastern Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia. All aspects of life in the Hellenistic world adopted a Greek hue.</span>
The Hellenistic period is from Alexander The Great's death to Roman Empire's emergence, during this period Ancient Greece expanded trough all Mediterranean World and part of Asia. This expansion help Hellas (name of Ancient Greece) to experience prosperity in art, literature, science, music, philosophy, and so on.
The significance was that these allowed goods to be transported much faster than by horse. Canals allowed for things to be imported and exported much more easily.
