Kind of a Lot Happened Between the Old and New Testaments
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The Age of Persia
Philip II dies under some nefarious circumstances and his 18 year old son Alexander takes the throne. This Macedonian age is sometimes called the Hellenistic age, that being Greek-ish,. very similar to that. Well, Darius the third is the king of Persia at this point. And he is no strategic match for the military genius and courage of Alexander the Great.
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