The kingdom was headed by a king and his council. Provinces (satrapies) were ruled by a Persian Satrap (governor) who was responsible for internal security, border security and collecting taxes. Within the provinces local government remained. A lingua franca (Aramaic) provided communcication across the empire and its many local languages. Security forces were local levies and ruling forces under command of the satraps and the king. A system of roads and ships provided intercommunication.
Cyrus the Great.
King Darius the Great.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Persian Empire
Cyrus the Great.
The Persian Empire covered many countries, but was primarily based and organized in the modern state of Iran.
Darius I.
King Darius the Great.
Satraps ~ look to the related link below for further information .
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
An empire is an empire, a war is a war.