Kingdom era · 539–331 BC
Medo-Persia — the breast of silver
A two-sided empire: silver arms, a bear raised on one side, a ram with two horns — one horn higher than the other.
See it
Two arms, two horns, one side raised. The doubling is the picture of Media and Persia joined, with Persia the stronger of the pair.
Named in the text
“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.” Daniel 8 supplies its own label, exactly as Daniel 2 did for Babylon.
Its role in the clock
A Persian decree to restore Jerusalem starts the longest time prophecy in Scripture, tying this empire to the 70 weeks and the 2300 years.
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Where this leads next
Kingdom era · 331–168 BC
Greece — the belly of brass
A leopard with four wings for speed and four heads for division; a goat whose great horn breaks and becomes four.
Prophetic period · 457 BC – AD 34
The 70 weeks — 490 years
Seventy sevens measured off from a decree to restore Jerusalem, ending inside the first century — the first slice of a longer measurement.
Symbol key · Powers
Horn
A king or a ruling power arising out of a kingdom