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The Persian period Cyrus and the Rise of the Empire Cambyses and the Conquest of Egypt Darius and the Reorganization of the Empire Xerxes I and the Attempted conquest of Greece Artaxerxes I and the loss of Persian Prestige The Latter Achemenians Approaching the End The Problems and Progress of the Jews The Hellenistic period Alexander, the Apostle of Hellenism The Jews Under the Ptolemies The Jews Under the Seleucids The Impact of Hellenism on the Jews The Maccsbees and the Struggle against Hellenism The Hasmonean Dynasty, Growth and Decay The Roman sTake Over The Origins of the Jewish Sects Rise of the Apocalyptic Literature