PERIOD IS THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD ALSO CALLED 400 HUNDRED SILENT YEARS THESE ARE THE YEARS BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEADERS IN DIFFERENT CENTURIES AND THERE ARE IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE RULE AND THE NATIONS. THEY LEAD LIKE THE CONQUEST AND DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT SON OF PHILIP II OF MACEDONIA SO WHEN ALEXANDER DIED THERE WAS A DIVISION OR DIVISION OF HIS EMPIRE INTO FOUR PARTS CALLED THE DIADOCHI THE FOUR EMPIRES OF PTOLEMY, ANTIGONUS, LYSIMACHUS, CASSANDER