Historicist interpretations of the Book of Daniel

Historicist interpretations of the book of Daniel is an approach to understanding it that is based on the belief that the events written about in the book are actually ones that happened in history. This means looking at Daniel as a book about people, events, and situations that actually happened in real life. For example, the stories of Daniel being taken as a prisoner and later being rewarded by the King would be seen as an event that really happened. In using this approach, people try to understand how the events in Daniel tell us about the history of that time period.