A Book You Can Trust -Part 5 -Greece in Bible History

 This is the fifth in a series of seven articles in consecutive issues of Awake! That discuss the seven world powers of Bible history.  The objective is to show that the Bible is trustworthy and inspired of God and that its message is one of hope for the end to the suffering caused by man's cruel domination of his fellow man.

In the fourth century B.C.E., a young Macedonian named Alexander propelled Greece onto the world stage. In fact, he made Greece the fifth world power in Bible history and eventually came to be called Alexander the Great.  The preceding empires were Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Medo-Persia.

After Alexander's death, his empire fragmented and began to wane.  However, Greece's influence by way of culture, language and religion, and philosophy endured long after the political empire ceased. 

Next time: Trustworthy History

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