How far did Alexander the Great conquer in defeating the Medo-Persian Empire?
The Grecian power, symbolized by the he-goat from the west, met the Medo-Persian ram head-on and defeated it. Alexander the Great overran the Medo-Persian Empire and extended his conquest all the way to the Ganges River, becoming the then greatest empire on earth by age 33.
Les explains that the he-goat from the west represents the Grecian Empire, whose emblem was the goat on coins. The Medes and Persians came from the east, from the Tigris and Euphrates area, moving around the north side of the Mediterranean. The goat's one notable horn points to Alexander the Great, a sole conqueror, not a consortium like the Medes and Persians. The vision pictures a head-on clash between two empires, and history shows the Greeks won. Alexander overran the Medo-Persian Empire and, as Les recalls, took his conquest all the way to the Ganges River, becoming the then greatest empire on earth by age 33.
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.