334–323 BC lightning conquest of the Persian Empire and cultural transformation of the Near East
The swift 12-year military campaign of King Alexander III of Macedon, who crushed the Persian Empire under Darius III (Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela), marched to the Indus River, and unified the Mediterranean basin under Greek language (Koine Greek) and Hellenistic culture.
Rigorous 4-part empirical analysis separating ancient text from bias and consensus
Historical accounts by Arrian (*Anabasis of Alexander*) and Plutarch describe Alexander capturing Tyre after a brilliant 7-month causeway siege in 332 BC, founding Alexandria in Egypt, and burning the Persian royal palace at Persepolis.
Explicitly prophesied in Daniel 8:5–8, 21 (the swift male goat with the conspicuous horn shattering the Persian ram) and Daniel 11:3–4; Ezekiel 26:12–14's prophecy of Tyre's stones and timber being thrown into the sea was literally fulfilled by Alexander's siege mole.
Alexander's widespread spread of Koine Greek created the universal linguistic medium that enabled the translation of the Septuagint (LXX) and the rapid global transmission of the New Testament Gospels and Epistles.
Heroic romanticized historiography portraying Alexander as the invincible son of Zeus-Ammon.