The prophecies themselves are hard to understand. Many times you find yourself comparing one to another to gain better insight into their meaning.
I'm not sure the Almighty intended for us to know all the details in the first place and for good reason. If we know, then Satan or whatever dark force in whatever form that exists would also know. We're told he/she/it knows time for action will be short. Therefore I can understand the purpose for keeping the end of this age hidden for as long as possible.
In the angel Gabriel's interpretation of Daniel's end time vision in (Daniel 8), he mentions the lands east, south, and west to the "Beautiful Land (Israel)", would come under the control of a kingdom that rises from one of the four kingdoms of the divided empire which came about after the death of Alexander.
(Above: Kingdoms of the Diadochi in 281 BC: the Ptolemaic Kingdom (dark blue), the Seleucid Empire (yellow), Kingdom of Pergamon (orange), and Macedonia (green). Also shown are the Roman Republic (light blue), the Carthaginian Republic (purple), and the Kingdom of Epirus (red).)
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (his name means "God Manifest") was a king of one of these called the Seleucid Empire. And around 167 BC, he sacked Jerusalem and horribily persecuted the Jews.
" 2 Maccabees 5 ...massacre of young and old, a killing of women and children, a slaughter of virgins and infants. In the space of three days, eighty thousand were lost, forty thousand meeting a violent death, and the same number being sold into slavery..."
Are the above ancestors of the end time invaders of the land of Israel, Daniel saw in his vision? In my own mind, I'm not sure but continue to research it from time to time.
For now I'm just trying to understand who or what this kingdom represents. Is it a nation, belief, or a form of government even?!
Eschatology is a fascinating study!