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There apparently will have been/will be 8 "empires" throughout time..... the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, Roman, Turkish/Ottoman, then the 8th to be ruled by the Antichrist ....... The first 5 had already fallen when John wrote Revelations which states "7 mountains, 5 have fallen, one is (the Roman), the other is not yet come"......

The Roman Empire was divided into east and west portions with finally falling entirely in 1453 by the Turks, i.e. the Turkish/Ottoman Empire (which no longer exists since 1909).....One theory is that the Turkish/Ottoman will be the empire that will be revived, thus also referring to/including the Roman Empire......as the empires evolved, they conquered the previous empire .....Turkey as the 7th empire finally conquered the Roman Empire but no longer exists. To be considered an "empire" in The Bible, each empire had to have rule over Jerusalem and these are the 8 that will have or have had this rule. All Bible prophecy is Jerusalem-centered, that's why a lot of land mass on the globe is not mentioned or referred to.

The Ottoman Empire was Islamic with Muhammad as the founder, the Turkish caliphate was abolished in 1923 and they are supposedly awaiting return of the caliphate.....Bible theory is that Turkey will likely invade Israel with involvement of at least 3 other nations in the area.....

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