Through a central council and provincial governors, with local governance left to local rulers.
He established 20 provinces with Persian governors. The cities and tribes within the provinces continued to govern their own people under their appointed governor. The governors were responsible to the king and his council.
The Persian Empire.
Darius was king of the Persian Empire, not a god. Babylon was part of his empire.
King Darius I ruled the Persian Empire from 552 BCE to 486 BCE.
The Persian Empire which stretched from Libya in the west to Central Asia and today's Pakistan in the east.
From 522-486 BCE.
The last king of the Persian Empire was Darius III, who reigned from 336 to 330 BCE. He faced significant challenges during his rule, particularly from the conquests of Alexander the Great. Darius III was ultimately defeated in battle, leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire. He was captured and killed in 330 BCE, marking the end of Persian sovereignty.
No - 522-486 BCE.
The Persians reached their peak during the Achaemenid Empire, particularly under the rule of Darius I and Xerxes I in the 5th century BCE. This period marked the empire's expansion to its greatest territorial extent, encompassing parts of three continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe. The empire was known for its administrative sophistication, infrastructure, and cultural achievements, making it one of the most powerful civilizations of the ancient world.
King Darius appointed Satraps or governors to rule various provinces in his empire for easier governance. By appointing Satraps, he was free from mundane daily bureaucratic issues of ruling an empire that streched from the northern borders of India, the entire Middle East and all the way to Libya and parts of Greece.
Through his council, his provincial governors and the traditional local governments.
In the 5th century BC, Darius 1, or Darius the Great ruled Persia. At the time, it was a true empire. He installed distributed governing, by dividing the country and assigning Satraps to rule the parts in his name. He also uniformed the monetary system, the language and he pretty much wrote the Imperialist 101. Clever chap, really.
One important way the Persians controlled their empire was through delegation. After a territory or country was conquered, the Persian king would set up an authority of that country who would rule semi-independently but differ to the Persian king.