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RE: TODAY in HISTORY (1 October): Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire in 331 BC!
Good job. The history of this era is fascinating.
Trying to keep all the intrigue and jockeying for position between the death of Alexander and the solidification of the Roman Empire is tough.
A study of the conquering of Judah is pretty amazing too. So much happened that was uncharacteristic of Alexander, and baffled his generals.
The Greek Empire fills the gap in the Bible between Malachi and Matthews - the 400 years of silence. During this period there were many revolts from the Jews against the Greeks. The best-known one is the Maccabean revolt from 167 to 160 BC lead by Judah Maccabee.
Right, so the book of Maccabees gives us some insight, if a bit biased. It's an excellent historical resource. Josephus gives us some insight too, but he has a reputation of perhaps for writing things they way he wanted to see them. :)
There was the initial conquering of Judah by Alexander though. It's very interesting - more of a surrender with mutual respect. I couldn't do it justice trying to recount it by memory. Maybe I'll look up my resources and write an account of it. It's one of those lost gems that's truly amazing.