By what was the second kingdom symbolized?

Answer

"And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs
in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh!' Verse 5.
NOTE-"This was the Medo-Persian Empire, represented here under the symbol. the bear. . . .
The Medes and Persians are compared to a bear on account of their cruelty and thirst after blood, a bear
being a most voracious and cruel animal." Adam Clarke, on Dan. 7: 5.

What specific statement emphasizes this identification?
Before coming to Sinai, what had Moses taught Israel?
8. When did the Gentiles request that Paul should repeat the sermon he had preached at Antioch on the Sabbath?
What do Catholics say of the observance of Sunday by Protestants?
Why was woe at this same time proclaimed to the world?
12. Are men's hearts now \"failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth\"?
What is to be finished when the seventh trumpet is about to sound?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle