Book of Daniel/Alexander the Great?

anyone know when the book of Daniel was actually written?


It seems to foretell of Alexander the Great conquering the Persians and then his kingdom being split 4 ways (3 actually, I believe) when he dies.

Is the Darius it mentions Darius I or Darius III? Darius III is the one that was killed by his own generals after he fled for the 2nd or 3rd time from Alexander.

Just trying to get a time frame. Daniel actually says that the king of Grecia will conquer Babylon, and Alexander was technically the king of Greece after his dad united the city-states under Macedon rule.

 

According to agards-bible-timeline.com, Daniel was completed around 536 BC. I've got another resource at home I'll check for you tonight to see if it agrees.

 

ok, so the 200 years prior to Alexander III is fairly accurate. Daniel must have been talking about Darius I or II when talking about Darius and Nebuchadnezzar, because the dreams or prophecies or whatever they are don't get that specific except for saying that the conquerer of Media and Persia would be the king of Greece. Pretty neat stuff. It's amazing how adaptable culturally Alexander was, because almost every new place he conquered actually welcomed him as their king. Egypt went so far as to semi-deify him as the son of Amon-Ra.