Revelations 17;8,,,,"the beast that thou sawest(WAS),and (IS NOT);and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit(NOTE WHERE THE BEAST IS AT THE TIME THE ANGEL WAS SPEAKING TO JOHN),and go into perdition,,,ect.ect.,,,,,,,
(1)Rome was the present kingdom(not in the pit at the time this was told to John)
(2)Egypt,Babylon,Greece,Assyria,Persia all were still in the earth(so not in the bottomless pit when this was said to John)
(3) the Islamic/Muslim belief was not a kingdom that held power over the earth,,,it had not yet come.,,,,,
The beast,was(in the earth before this was written),,was not(in the earth at the time this was written),,,,"BUT WILL RETURN/ASCEND OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT IN THE END),,,,,there's onley two choices,,,is it a beast that existed before the flood,or one of the kingdoms who existed after the flood but was no longer in the earth(existed in the bottomless pit when this was written),,,,?