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HOW HISTORY FULFILLS DANIEL’S PROPHECIES OF 4
WORLD EMPIRES
The Babylonian empire ruled from
606 BC-539 BC.
Babylon controlled Israel for seventy years
(609-539 BC)
.
» 605. Daniel taken captive. Nabopolassar died
and Nebuchadnezzar returned to Babylon by a
short route across the desert.
» 597. More captives. Ezekiel and Jehoiachin
» 588-586. Siege of Jerusalem. Solomon's
temple in Jerusalem destroyed. Zedekiah and
other captives taken.
The Medo-Persian empire ruled
from 539 BC to 331 BC.
It defeated three nations:
• Lydia. 547 BC.
• Babylon. 539 BC.
• Egypt. 538 BC.
The leader was Cyrus the Great. He allowed
the Jewish captives to go home with their
sacred objects. He respected all religions and
people and rebuilt the religious temples of the
gods and freed all exiles.
In the time of Christ, this empire was known as
the Parthian empire.
The bronze empire, that was also
described as a leopard with four wings.
It ruled from 331 BC to 168 BC
under the leadership of Alexander the Great.
He defeated Darius III of Persia.
The Greeks defeated Persia in three decisive
battles.
• Battle of Granicus (334 BC).
• Battle of Issus (333 BC).
• Battle of Arbela (Gaugamela).
1 October 331 BC. One million Persians
against 50,000 Greeks.
• Siege of Tyre (332 BC). 7 months
• Egypt (spring 331 BC). Temple of Amon-Ra
• Battle of Hydaspes (326 BC). The last battle
was against King Porus and an Indian elephant
corp
The kingdom was divided among his generals,
the diadochi. But they fought among
themselves for the kingdom.
• Battle of Ipsus 301 BC. Antigonus attempted
to reunite Alexander's empire under his control.
He invaded Egypt, but his forces and those of
his son Demetrius were defeated. Antigonus
was killed. Asia Minor was taken by
Lysimachus.
• Battle of Corupedion 281 BC. Lysimachus
was defeated by Seleucus I.
• Battle of Raphia/Gaza 217 BC. Ptolemy IV
defeats Antiochus III.
The Roman empire ruled from 168
BC to 476 A.D.
• Battle of Pydna (168 BC).
Rome defeated the Greeks. In 15 days,
Aemilius Paullus defeated Perseus of
Macedonia at Pydna, near Mount Olympus on
22 June 168.
• Battle of Actium 31 BC. Naval battle off the
shores of Greece. Augustus (Octavian)
defeated Cleopatra and Mark Anthony.
• Battle of Adrianople (378 AD). Goths kill
Emperor Valens and half the Roman army. The
empire splits after this.
• Battle of Chalons (451 AD). June 20.
Western Rome defeats the Huns in Gaul. The
Huns never establish a lasting kingdom.
The prophecy stated that the Messiah would
die during the rule of this empire. It also
described two kings that would rule during His
life, Augustus Caesar and Tiberius Caesar.
Tribe
Franks
Allemanni
Lombards
Suevi
AngloSaxons
Burgundians
Visigoths
Heruli
Vandals
Ostrogoths
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European
Nations
France
Germany
Italy
Portugal
England
Switzerland
Spain
Destroyed
(493)
Destroyed
(534)
Destroyed
(538)
The Lombards
migrated to Italy
after the Heruli
and Ostrogoths
were removed.
These are the
ten toes of the
statue and the
ten horns of the
beast in the
prophecies of
Daniel