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It was merely a Persian religious sect which did not have a political influence. The Persian Empire was divided into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian governor (satrap), overseen by the king and his council, an entirely practical approach, not a religious one.
It didn't. The Empire was governed according to simple rules - local government was by local people according to their traditional model. This was supervised by 20 provincial governors who were also responsible for security and tax collection. A king and his council oversighted the governors. Zoroaster was a Persian god who had a cult following; the king accepted him an important god. The peoples of the Empire retained their customary gods.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Persian Empire
Persian Empire
The empire had Turkish and Persian influences.
The empire had Turkish and Persian influences.
It was merely a Persian religious sect which did not have a political influence. The Persian Empire was divided into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian governor (satrap), overseen by the king and his council, an entirely practical approach, not a religious one.
It didn't. The Empire was governed according to simple rules - local government was by local people according to their traditional model. This was supervised by 20 provincial governors who were also responsible for security and tax collection. A king and his council oversighted the governors. Zoroaster was a Persian god who had a cult following; the king accepted him an important god. The peoples of the Empire retained their customary gods.
The people within the Persian Empire which he ruled.
The Ummayads, who were the first to claim divinity of their lineage as the Persian Emperors did.
His influence was only in the eastern Mediterranean where he established his empire over Greece and the Persian Empire. He slaughtered opposition, and tried to sow Greek culture in the ex-Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire had a centralized government with the king, known as the emperor or the Shah, at the top. The king held absolute power and was supported by a bureaucracy of government officials and advisors. The empire was divided into provinces, each governed by a satrap who oversaw administrative and military matters.
APEX: The Islamic Empire directly governed the people it controlled, but the Roman Catholic Church relied only on its influence with rulers.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.