Part 40—“Your Will Be Done on Earth”
The Watchtower, June 15, 1960
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Below we print the chart that follows the concluding chapter of the book “Your Will Be Done on Earth.”
[Chart on page 377-380]
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF WORLD POWERS (THIRD TO SEVENTH)—607 B.C. TO A.D. 1926
MIDDLE EAST EGYPT THE WEST JUDEA
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
(607-539 B.C.)
Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem
Evil-merodach, and temple
582 B.C. destroyed,
Neriglissar 607 B.C.
Labashi-Marduk
Nabonidus
Belshazzar,
died 539 B.C.
MEDO-PERSIAN
EMPIRE
(539-331 B.C.)
Darius the Mede
Cyrus the Great
(Persian)
Jerusalem’s
Cambyses Pharaoh temple
[Usurper Magian Psammetichus III altar
Gaumata, pretending rebuilt by
to be Smerdis, restored
522/1 B.C.] Jewish
remnant,
537 B.C.
Darius I (Persian) Darius I Jerusalem’s
(Hystaspes), redigs the temple
521-485 B.C. Suez Canal rebuilt,
520-
516 B.C.
Xerxes I Roman Republic
(Ahasuerus) is set up with
Artaxerxes I praetors,
(Longimanus) 509 B.C.
Jerusalem’s
temple
visited
by priest
Ezra,
468 B.C.
Jerusalem’s
walls
rebuilt
by Governor
Xerxes II Nehemiah,
Darius II 455 B.C.
(Ochus; Nothus) Seventy
weeks of
years begin
counting
Artaxerxes II
(Mnemon)
Artaxerxes III
(Ochus)
Arses Philip II, king
of Macedonia,
359-336 B.C.
Darius III Alexander III,
(336-331 B.C.) the Great, king
(Codomannus) of Macedonia,
336 B.C.
MACEDONIAN
Conquered by (ALEXANDER’S) Conquered by
Alexander the EMPIRE Alexander
Great, (336-323 B.C.) the Great,
332 B.C. 332 B.C.
Alexander the Comes under
PTOLEMAIC Great dies at control of
KINGDOM Babylon, Ptolemaic
323 B.C. Kingdom of
Egypt,
323 B.C.
Philip Aridaeus
Ptolemy I, son (323-317 B.C.)
of Lagus the
father of the
Lagidae
SELEUCID KINGDOM (323-
Over Syria and 285 B.C.) Alexander Allou
Mesopotamia (317-311 B.C.)
Seleucus I Nicator
(312-280 B.C.)
Heracles
(Hercules)
(311-309 B.C.)
Cassander, king
of Macedonia
Ptolemy II Antigonus
Antiochus I (285- Gonatas, king
(280-261 B.C.) 246 B.C.) of Macedonia,
(Philadelphus) 277-239 B.C.
Antiochus II
(“Theos”)
(261-246 B.C.)
husband of Laodice
Seleucus II Ptolemy III
Callinicus Evergetes
(246-226 B.C.) (246-221 B.C.)
Seleucus III
Ceraunus
(226-223 B.C.)
Antiochus III
the Great
(223-187 B.C.) Ptolemy IV
Philopater Philip V, king
(221-203 B.C.) of Macedonia,
220-179 B.C. Taken under
control by
Syrian King
Ptolemy V Antiochus
Epiphanes III the
(203-181 B.C.) Great,
Roman General 198 B.C.
L. Scipio
Asiaticus
defeats
Antiochus III
at Magnesia,
190 B.C.
Seleucus IV
Philopator
(187-175 B.C.) Ptolemy VI Seleucus IV
Philometor Philopator
(181-146 B.C.) sends
Heliodorus
to
Jerusalem
to pillage
the temple
treasure,
c. 175 B.C.
Antiochus IV
Epiphanes
(“God Manifest”)
(175-163 B.C.) MACCABEAN
REVOLT
(167 B.C.)
Temple
rededicated
by Judas
Maccabeus,
Antiochus V Macedonia becomes 165 B.C.
Eupator dependent upon Feast of
(163-162 B.C.) Rome, 168 B.C.; dedication
is made a Roman instituted
Demetrius I Soter province,
(162-150 B.C.) 146 B.C.
Judas
Maccabeus
negotiates
a treaty
with
Rome,
161 B.C.
Jonathan,
youngest
brother of
Judas
Alexander Balas Ptolemy Greece made a
(150-145 B.C.) Eupator Roman province,
(146 B.C.) 147/146 B.C.
Antiochus VI Ptolemy VII,
Dionysus surnamed
(145-141 B.C.) Evergetes II
(Physkon)
(146-
117 B.C.)
Demetrius II Simon, of
Nicator original
(145-139/8 B.C.) Maccabean
family
(143/142-
134 B.C.)
Antiochus VII Sidetes Attalus III, John
(139/8-129 B.C.) king of Hyrcanus
Pergamum, (134-
Seleucus V wills his 104 B.C.)
kingdom
to Rome,
133 B.C.
Antiochus VIII Ptolemy VIII,
Grypus surnamed
Soter II
(Lathyrus),
and Cleopatra
his mother,
Antiochus IX 117-81 B.C.
Cyzicenus
Antiochus X Ptolemy IX (or,
Eusebes Alexander I)
Antiochus XI (107-
Epiphanes 89 B.C.) Aristobulus I
assumes
title of
“king,”
Philip II 104 B.C.
Antiochus XII Alexander
Dionysus Jannaeus
(103-
76 B.C.)
Tigranes, king of
Armenia, acquires
Syria, 83 B.C.
(83-69 B.C.) Ptolemy X (or,
Alexander II
(81-80 B.C.)
Ptolemy XI Alexandra
Auletes (76-67 B.C.)
(80-51 B.C.)
Antiochus XIII Aristobulus
Asiaticus II (66-
(69-65 B.C.) 63 B.C.)
Dethroned by
Roman General
Pompey
Syria made a Roman Roman General
province, with Pompey defeats
capital at Antioch, Mithridates
64 B.C. and Tigranes,
64 B.C. Jerusalem
captured by
Roman
General
Pompey,
63 B.C.
Roman
control
established
over
Romans occupy Palestine
Egypt, 55-
51 B.C., after
restoring
Ptolemy XI to
Ptolemy XII throne
and his sister
Cleopatra
(51-48/7 B.C.)
Julius Caesar
Ptolemy XIII defeats Ptolemy
and Cleopatra XII, who drowns
(47-43 B.C.)
Cleopatra,
with her son Herod the
Caesarion Great
nominally Battle of Actium, (son of
coregent 31 B.C., in Antipater)
under which Octavius takes
the name of defeats Mark Jerusalem
Ptolemy XIV Antony by storm,
(43-30 B.C.) 37 B.C., to
become king
Egypt becomes
a Roman ROMAN EMPIRE as
province, Sixth World
30 B.C. Power (30 B.C.–
A.D. 800)
Octavius, as
sole ruler of
Rome, is styled
Augustus by the
Roman Senate,
27 B.C.
P. Sulpicius Birth of
Quirinius, Jesus at
governor of Bethlehem-
Syria, 2 B.C. Judah,
2 B.C.
Archelaus,
son of
Herod
the Great,
ethnarch of
Judea
ROMAN
PROCURATORS:
Coponius,
A.D. 6-9
P. Sulpicius Ambibulus,
Quirinius (A.D. 6) A.D. 9-12
Q. Caecilius Tiberius Caesar, Annius
Metellus emperor of Rome, Ruffinus,
A.D. 14-37 A.D. 12-15
Creticus Silanus
M. Calpurnius Piso Valerius
Gratus,
A.D. 15-26
C. Sentius Pontius
Saturninus Pilate,
A.D. 26-36
L. Pomponius Marcellus,
Flaccus A.D. 36-37
L. Vitellius, Roman Gaius Caligula, Marullus,
proconsul of Syria emperor A.D. 37-41
(A.D. 35-39) A.D. 37-41
[Herod
Agrippa
I, king of
Claudius, Judea,
A.D. 41-54 A.D. 41-44]
Cuspius
Fadus,
A.D. 44-46
Tiberius
Alexander,
A.D. 46-48
Ventidius
Cumanus,
A.D. 48-52
M. Antonius
Felix,
Nero, A.D. 52-58
A.D. 54-68 (?)
Porcius
Festus,
A.D. 58-62
(?)
Albinus,
A.D. 62-64
Gessius
Florus,
A.D. 64-66
Jewish war
with Rome,
A.D. 66-73
C. Cestius Gallus Galba,
(A.D. 65-67) A.D. 68-69
P. Licinius Mucianus Otho,
(A.D. 67-69) A.D. 69
Vitellius,
A.D. 69
Vespasian, Jerusalem
A.D. 69-79 and temple
destroyed,
A.D. 70
Jewish
Titus, fortress of
A.D. 79-81 Masada
falls,
A.D. 73
Domitian, [John the
A.D. 81-96 apostle, on
Nerva, isle of
A.D. 96-98 Patmos,
Trajan, writes The
A.D. 98-117 Revelation
and three
letters and
Gospel,
A.D. 96-98]
Emperor Trajan
adds Armenia,
Mesopotamia and
and Assyria to Rome
Septimius
Septimia Zenobia Severus,
(Bath Zabbai), A.D. 193-211
queen of Palmyra, Builds a Roman
A.D. 266/7- wall in Britain
272 Queen Aurelian,
Zenobia’s A.D. 270-275
army occupies
Egypt, A.D. 270
Queen Zenobia and
son captured by
Emperor Aurelian,
A.D. 272
CONSTANTINOPOLITAN Constantine
RULE the Great,
A.D. 324-337
Emperor Constantine
founds New Rome or
Constantinople,
and makes it the
capital, A.D. 330
Egypt comes
Theodosius, under the
A.D. 379-395 control of
Arcadius, the eastern Honorius,
A.D. 395-408 division of A.D. 395-423
Theodosius II, the Roman Valentinian III,
A.D. 408-450 Empire, A.D. 423-455
A.D. 395 Romans quit
Britain,
A.D. 436
Zeno, A.D. 474-491
Becomes ruler of Odoacer, of
the whole Roman Imperial
Empire, A.D. 476 bodyguard, takes
Rome and becomes
king of Italy,
A.D. 476 Jerusalem
captured by
Moslems
under the
Heraclius, Alexandria caliph
A.D. 610-641 falls to Omar,
Mohammedan A.D. 637
Saracens; Dome of the
Egypt becomes Rock built
province of by amir
Mohammedan Abdalmalik,
Constantine V, and caliphs, A.D. 688,
his mother Irene, A.D. 641 in
A.D. 780 Charlemagne, the Jerusalem
Frank, crowned
Constantine VI, Emperor of the
A.D. 792 the West, by
Empress Irene alone Pope Leo III,
A.D. 797-802 at Rome,
A.D. 800
EASTERN ROMAN WESTERN ROMAN
EMPIRE EMPIRE
Nicephorus I, Emperor
A.D. 802-811 Charlemagne,
A.D. 800-814
Lewis I,
A.D. 814-840
HOLY ROMAN
EMPIRE OF THE
GERMAN NATION
Otho I crowned
Romanus II, by Pope John Jerusalem
A.D. 959-963 XII as emperor captured
of the Holy from
Roman Empire, Crusaders
A.D. 962 by
Saladin,
sultan of
Egypt and
Syria,
Nicephorus II, October 2,
A.D. 963-969 1187
Frederick III,
as head of
the House of
Hapsburg, is
elected emperor
Constantine of the Holy
Palaeologus XII, Roman Empire,
A.D. 1448-1453 A.D. 1440.
Constantinople is Reigns till
captured by Mahomet A.D. 1493
(Mohammed) II, May
29, A.D. 1453. It Selim I, Jerusalem
becomes capital of emperor of taken by
Ottoman Empire, the Turks, British Queen Turks under
and the Byzantine conquers Elizabeth I Selim I in
Empire ends Egypt, charters East 1516
A.D. 1517 India Company
A.D. 1600
Virginia begins
to be settled,
A.D. 1607, as
Great Britain’s
first American
colony
Seventh World
Power emerges
in Great
Britain,
A.D. 1763
Great part Francis II
of Egypt is succeeds his
conquered by father as Holy
French under Roman Emperor,
Napoleon A.D. 1792
Bonaparte,
A.D. 1798-
HOLY ROMAN
EMPIRE ends,
as Francis II
Syria is restored British renounces title,
to Turkey, troops and takes title
A.D. 1840 dispossess of Francis I,
French, and Emperor of
Turkish Austria,
government is A.D. 1806
restored,
A.D. 1801
Suez Canal GERMAN EMPIRE
opened, re-established
A.D. 1869 under William
Egypt, under I of Prussia,
a native A.D. 1871; signs
“Khedive,” treaty of
is virtually alliance with
a British Austria and
dependency Italy, March
from 1882 13, 1887
onward
Frederick III,
German emperor,
A.D. 1888
William II,
German emperor,
A.D. 1888-1918
Austria declares
war on Serbia,
July 28, 1914
Germany declares
war on Russia,
August 1, 1914
Great Britain
declares war on
Egypt declared Germany, August
a British 4, 1914
Protectorate,
December, America declares
1914 war on Germany,
April 6, 1917 Jerusalem
captured by
British,
World War I ends December 9,
on November 11, 1917
Paris Peace
Conference opens
January 18, 1919
France ratifies
Peace Treaty,
with League In peace
of Nations settlement
Charter, Turkey,
Syria ceases to be October 13, ally of
a Turkish province, 1919, to make Germany,
is created as an it effective renounces
independent state her
and is mandated to sovereignty
France by Supreme over
Council of League Palestine
of Nations, League of
A.D. 1920 Nations begins Palestine is
functioning mandated to
at London, Great
England, Britain by
January 10, League of
1920. Eighth Nations in
World Power 1920
becomes alive
Germany is
admitted to
League of
Nations,
September 8,
PROPHETIC “TIMES” AND “DAYS”
“SEVEN TIMES” or “the appointed times of the nations” (Daniel 4:16, 23, 25, RS; Luke 21:24:
Began in 7th lunar month (Ethanim—September-October), 607 B.C.
Ended in 7th lunar month (September-October), A.D. 1914
“TIME, TWO TIMES, AND HALF A TIME” (Daniel 7:25; 12:7, RS):
Began in first half of November, 1914
Ended May 7, 1918, at arrest of Watch Tower Society’s officers and companions
(Compare the 42 months of Revelation 11:2)
“A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS” (Daniel 12:11, Le):
Began the end of January, 1919
Ended the first half of September, 1922, at the second Cedar Point (Ohio) convention
“THE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE DAYS” (Daniel 12:12, AT):
Began the first half of September, 1922, at the second Cedar Point (Ohio) convention
Ended in the month of May, 1926, at the London (England) International Convention
“TWO THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED EVENINGS AND MORNINGS” (Daniel 8:14, RS):
Began in the month of May, 1926, at the London (England) International Convention (May 25-31)
Ended on October 15, 1932, with the official publication of notice in The Watchtower
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HELLENIC EMPIRES of the North and the South (312-30 B.C.)
Boundaries
Cities and Towns
MACEDONIAN EMPIRE
Pello
Acarnania
Thermopylae
GREECE
Chalcis
Athens
Boeotia
Sparta
CRETE
CYPRUS
(MEDITERRANEAN SEA)
THRACE
Byzantium
Lysimachia
(Black Sea)
SELEUCID EMPIRE
BITHYNIA
Ilium
Pergamum
Sardis
Ephesus
Magnesia
CILICIA
Taurus Mts.
Tarsus
Seleucia
Antioch
Tadmor (Palmyra)
Damascus
Byblus
Sidon
Tyre
Ptolemais
Jerusalem
Gaza
PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE
River Nile
EGYPT
Alexandria
Memphis
LIBYA
Red Sea
ARABIA
Elath
MESOPOTAMIA
River Euphrates
BABYLONIA
Babylon
River Tigris
(Persian Gulf)
PERSIS
ELAM
Susa
Persepolis
MEDIA
Gaugamela
Ecbatana
CARMANIA
GEDROSIA
PONTUS
ARMENIA
HYRCANIA
Hecatompylus
PARTHIA
ARIA
SOGDIANA
BACTRIA
DRANGIANA
ARACHOSIA
(Indus River)
(Jhelum R.)
(Chenab R.)
(Ravi R.)
(Sutlej R.)
Boundaries
Cities and Towns
SCALE OF MILES
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BRITISH EMPIRE (A.D. 1914)
Crown colonies or protectorates: MALTA
Self-governing dominions: INDIA
GREAT BRITAIN
IRELAND
DOMINION OF CANADA
LABRADOR
NEWFOUNDLAND
BR. GUIANA
SIERRA LEONE
GOLD COAST (GHANA)
NIGERIA
EGYPT
EGYPT SUDAN
UGANDA
KENYA
BR. SOMALILAND
RHODESIA
BECHUANALAND
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
EMPIRE OF INDIA
KASHMIR
BURMA
CEYLON
SARAWAK
BR. NEW GUINEA
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Tasmania
DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND
BERMUDA
BAHAMAS
JAMAICA
BR. HONDURAS
ANTIGUA
BARBADOS
TRINIDAD
FALKLAND IS.
GIBRALTAR
GAMBIA
ASCENSION
ST. HELENA
MALTA
CYPRUS
ADEN
SOCOTRA
SEYCHELLES
ZANZIBAR
MAURITIUS
Wei-hai-wei
Hong Kong
MALAY STATES
Singapore
FIJI
TONGA IS.
UNITED STATES
(SOUTH AMERICA)
(EUROPE)
(AFRICA)
RUSSIA (U.S.S.R.)
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Arctic Circle
Equator