11. The Babylonian Empire is pictured in what different ways? (See footnote.)

¹¹ The prophet Daniel was among the captives taken to Babylon. (Dan. 1:1-6) Jehovah used him to reveal the succession of kingdoms that would follow that world power. Jehovah disclosed these secrets, using a number of different symbols. For instance, he caused Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar to have a dream of an immense image that was made of various metals. (Read Daniel 2:1, 19, 31-38.) Through Daniel, Jehovah revealed that the gold head of the image symbolized the Babylonian Empire.b The world power after Babylon is pictured by the breasts and arms of silver.

14, 15. What details does Jehovah reveal about the ancient Greek Empire?

¹⁴ The fifth head of the wild beast of Revelation represents Greece. As Daniel had revealed earlier when he interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, this same power is symbolized by the copper belly and thighs of the image.

19. (a) How does Daniel describe the sixth world power? (b) What will another article consider?

¹⁹ In the dream that Daniel interpreted for Nebuchadnezzar, Rome is depicted by the legs of iron. (Dan. 2:33)