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• Thus, in just a little over a decade, coming all the way from Greece and Macedonia in the west, Alexander the Great and his small army had conquered the vast and powerful Medo-Persian Empire. Alexander’s decisive victories, and his unique strategy, are studied even today in military schools around the world. His life and achievements are worthy of the description in Daniel’s prophecy, of a leopard with wings appearing to fly half way across the world, in rage and anger conquering everything in its path, and decisively destroying the power of the ram, or Medo-Persian kingdom.