Brother, good suggestion to summarize what I wrote above in a nutshell:

1. Babylon symbolizes . . . the whore, the impure church, the man of sin, the coalition of the dragon, beast and false prophet, and the image beast empowered by the lamb-like beast.
2. The kings of the east symbolize . . . a coalition of certain Asiatic nations yet unknown.
3. The king of the north symbolizes . . . the political manifestation of Babylon (which is a combination of church and state.)
4. The king of the south symbolizes . . . radical Islam.
5. The battle of Armageddon symbolizes . . . a)the literal battle between the militaries of Babylon and the ten Asiatic powers and b) the spiritual battle between Babylon and the pure woman, the remnant church.
6. The Euphrates drying up symbolizes . . . the over-running of radical Islam by the King of the North, especially in the Euphrates valley.

It must be understood that Daniel 11 begins with the three kings who issued decrees to restore Jerusalem - Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. From there the 2300-years count down to 1844 when Michael stood for His people in the IJ Daniel 12:1.

Then Daniel 11 repeats at verse 6 through Michael standing for His people at Christ's Advent.

It is so simple that a child can understand it but so complex that the wise folks will stumble over it.

So, let me ask you this; When do you look at this map of Europe? Why do you choose that particular time in history? How does that fit with the Biblical narrative? How does your idea work in Relation to God's people?

So let's make an historical time line of the
"Kings" in Daniel 11.
It does not begin Babylon.


verses 1-2 Mentions the last kings of Persia before they are conquered by the Greeks.

verse 3 The rise of Alexander who conquers vast territories for his Greek empire. 336–323 Before Christ.

verse 4 Alexander's empire is then divided into four parts (two fighting over Palestine)

verses 5-13 Seleucids (king of north) Ptolemies in Egypt (king of South)
Fighting against each other, with Israel in the middle.

verses 14-18 Rise of Romans who eventually subdue both kings, and rule entire area of both kings.
vs 16 Roman consel Pompey conquers Jerusalem in 63 B.C., vs 18-19 deals with Julius Caesar

verse 20 NOW REACHING THE TIME OF CHRIST
The powerful emperor Caesar Augustus rules with absolute power. Orders taxes at the time of Jesus Birth.

22 Deals with the Romans destructing Jerusalem as well as crucifying the Prince of the Covenant - Jesus.

WE NOW ARE IN THE CHRISTIAN ERA (AFTER CHRIST'S RETURN TO HEAVEN -- JERUSALEM IS DESTROYED

verse 23 Rome makes a league with Christians in 312 AD and the papacy begins to be groomed for power

IN CEASAR AUGUSTUS DAY THERE WAS NOT KING OF THE SOUTH.
ROME CONTROLLED THE WHOLE AREA,
BUT....

verse 25 There is a king of the South once again -- marking a great loss to Roman power over all the territory. And what territory did the Roman empire loose?

They did NOT loose the "new Babylon" which is Rome. Roman Christianity remains the king of the NORTH.
But Roman Empire lost Egypt -- they lost all their territories in Africa (south of the Mediterranean) and most of Spain. Islam conquered lands from India, the Middle east, across Africa and up into Spain. All in a matter of about 60 years from 637 - 711. They were stopped by Charles Martel when tried to advance into France.

The whole 1250 years were filled with battles between the

Roman Christians Muslims
And indeed God's true believers were caught in the middle.

Verse 28 Roman Christian world alternates between fighting the Muslims and fighting against God's covenant keeping people.
(By the way, Muslims sometimes helped Christians persecuted by the Roman church, and sometimes also killed them.)

CRUSADES

29-30 Roman Christian crusades continue to fight the king of the south but they are losing strength in these battles.

TRUE CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED

31-35 These verses deal mainly with Roman Christian assault on God's covenant and His true followers.

36-39 The "time of the end" this is not the end but a period of time from 1798 onward to the end.

There is no mention of a king of the north or south in these verses -- they both suffer a blow to their power.

Another power arises, the beast from the bottomless pit, described in Revelation 11:7,
The beast first reared it’s head in France. Thomas Paine and others wrote extensively about this movement.
The Masonic order is dedicated to it. The United States is built on it’s principles.
After terrible scenes of it's ugliness in the French Revolution, for a time this beast from the bottomless pit, seems hidden
as Napoleon restored authoritative control back on France, and the United States, to a large extent,
embraced the principles of Protestantism. Yet masonic and humanistic principles are at work; the principles of evolution,
agnosticism, higher criticism of the Bible, and general humanistic concepts.
This power will become the most powerful military might in the world, and it will give it's power to the papacy.

In the last days the king of the north and south once again emerge.

Blessings James Peterson, Well, the first century started the "last days". But how does this help in Identifying the kings of the north and south?

Blessings His child,

There was also a fourth from Persia who was the richest. But, the point of this thread is "Identifying the Kings of the North and South". How would you identify these two kings and who do you believe they are?

"The prophecies of the eleventh of Daniel have almost reached their final fulfilment." {RH, November 24, 1904 par. 8}

"The prophecy in the eleventh of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Much of the history that has taken place in fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated. In the thirtieth verse a power is spoken of that "shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant." [Verses 31-36, quoted.]" {13MR 394.1}

"The light that Daniel received direct from God was given especially for these last days. The visions he saw by the banks of the Ulai and the Hiddekel, the great rivers of Shinar, are now in process of fulfillment, and all the events foretold will soon come to pass." {16MR 334.2}

"And in the end of years [after 1844] they shall join themselves together [king of the North England & king of the South France - joined together in the Crimean war]; for the king's daughter [papacy daughter of France. Napoleon invaded Egypt to become the King of the South and his general took Rome to subjugate the pope making the papacy France's daughter - the daughter of the King of the South] of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement [Italy was being united. Pope approached France and England to secure its hold on papal states]: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times [France traded Italian land for secure borders along the Alps between France and Italy. England kept war ships off Italy's coast to observe the unification process, but did not help the pope keep his territory.]

"But out of a branch of her roots [King of the South's daughter was the papacy and the papal branches are church and state] shall one stand up in his estate [the king of the South became Mussolini], which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north [England's fortress that Mussolini entered was Kenya], and shall deal against them, and shall prevail [Mussolini invaded Kenya and England gave the territory to Italy and redrew the borders giving the seized territory to Mussolini]:

"And when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon's voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea, but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which is symbolized...the United States Government..." {ST, November 1, 1899 par. 4}