Sealed book of Mormon Ch.30

FOR it came to pass that as the Spirit began
once again to work with the children of men
upon the earth, there arose a great nation of
thinkers and philosophers who began to be
inspired by the Holy Spirit and to teach others
the things which they had learned. And the principle of democracy began to
come forth among the children of men in the
islands of Aegean, or the nation of Greece, as
it is known among you. And this occurred
about the same time that the Lord sent his
prophets to the city of Jerusalem unto the
house of Israel to preach repentance to the
Jews. For Israel had fallen under the
subjection of the Babylonian nation, which had
risen up after it had once been destroyed.
And it was about this time, according to the
record of Lehi, that the prophets Zenos and
Zenock were sent unto the High Priests at
Jerusalem. And ye already have this account, but it sufficeth me to say, that about this time
there began to be many prophets sent
throughout the world to the different cultures
and tongues and peoples to teach them the
gospel according to their understanding, and
according to their traditions, even according to
those things that each people could understand
and accept.
And at about this time in the islands of the
Aegean world, tyrants, as they were called, rose
up and began to seize power from the small
communities of people that were controlled by
the nobles, or those who had been given
authority over them.
And this was not the thing that Satan
wanted for his people. For a tyrant was a
maverick leader who took it upon himself to
cast out the nobles and turn the power and
control of the government over to the people.
For Satan knew that if the people were not
controlled in their thoughts, then it would be
easier for the Spirit of God to work with them,
and also it would be easier for the Lord to send
prophets unto the people to teach them the
pure gospel. And the rise of these tyrants led
in the direction of a democracy, which is a
government by the people.
And it came to pass that a prophet of God,
who was named Antioch, traveled in the area of
the Aegean islands.