Despite the fact that Greece is a rather small country that is well known by tourism today, its history was very turbulent. The periods of Greek history are well known to us, and one of those that left a great mark in history was Helenism. Alexander The Great was one of the most important and the most famous conquerors of that time. Even though he was young, his ambition drove him to the conquest of a huge area. The cities he has founded were named Alexandria. After he had conquered part of the East, his goal was to establish a new capital that would unite the conquered areas of Greece, Asia Minor and Europe with East. He did not achieve his goals since he died of fever. As a result of his conquests the Helenistic period emerges which consists of elements from Greek and eastern cultures, tradition and customs. The Greek language became international meaning that people used it for communication what eased the development of economy and culture. The middle cast becam more numerous as a result of skills development. Philosophical schools with peculiar views of life have been established Epicureanism, Stoicism, Skepticism. The first two schools had complety opposed ways of teaching. The temples were built where people were able to deposit their money which was used to make some profit for the temples. This was the case until the first banks were established and took over this role. It was believed that possesion of the buildings was a way to express the respect to gods so many were built and bought, and also buildings represented the richness of one city. Scholars, architects, artists, philosophers were numerous at that time. With their teachings and work they have left a remarkable trace in a Helenistic period.