Alexander the Great and Islam
I have been thinking about how the God used Alexander the Great.
Before 300 years of emergence of Christ Jesus, the God allowed the young king of a Greek kingdom to advance to Asia Minor, Syria, Jerusalem, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in the west of the Indus.
Consequently, the Greek culture was conveyed to these areas covering Egypt to Pakistan. Greeks built not only many cities in these areas but also Greek kingdoms such as the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt. But more importantly Alexander the Great gave great room for expansion of religions which had emerged or would emerge around the Mediterranean regions.
Put simply not only ancient Greek culture works but also Judaism must have been carried through the areas Alexander the Great conquered. And then finally Christianity came to have influences on cultures and religions in those areas from Egypt to Pakistan. For example, Mahayana (greater vehicle) Buddhism is believed to have been built on original Buddhism under an influence of Christianity which must have diffused from Palestine around the AD first century.
As this school of Buddhism became later popular in China, Korea, and Japan, even the most eastward nation Japan is under the influence of Alexander the Great and thus Christianity.
And 300 years after the Migration Period of mostly Germanic peoples in the north and the east of the Alps which started around 300, Islam started to prevail in those areas Alexander the Great marched on.
What is more, these areas all came to be subject to Islam. Islam was built on underlying cultural and religious influences of the ancient Greek Civilization, Judaism, and Christinity. So, the plan of the God expands 900 years from 300 BC to 600.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great_in_the_Quran
The Empire of Alexander the Great in 300 BC
However it is not known that Islam is truly the last religion the God gives to mankind, though Muslims seem to believe so.
Nonetheless, it is very interesting that Alexander the Great virtually connected the nation of greater vehicle Buddhism Japan to those areas presently Islamic around Jerusalem. You had better check Japanese Buddhism as well as Islam if you really want to study history which is holy emergence of God Himself.
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Mat 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Mat 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Mat 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
The Empire of Alexander the Great in 300 BC
However it is not known that Islam is truly the last religion the God gives to mankind, though Muslims seem to believe so.
Nonetheless, it is very interesting that Alexander the Great virtually connected the nation of greater vehicle Buddhism Japan to those areas presently Islamic around Jerusalem. You had better check Japanese Buddhism as well as Islam if you really want to study history which is holy emergence of God Himself.
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Mat 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Mat 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Mat 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.