Satrapies.
No, it had 20 provinces.
20.
The rulership of the Persian king of the 20 provinces with Persian governors.
The king and his council, and the 20 governors who controlled the provinces of the Persian Empire.
One of the nobles of the Persian tribe. There were 20 provinces (satrapies) and 20 governors (satraps)
King Darius the Great.
Satrap
They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.
Darius the Great divided the empire into 20 provinces called satrapies. Also, he gave the 20 provinces Satraps, or governors. Then he made the roads bigger and more efficient.For example, one Greek historian wrote: "Nothing mortal travels so fast as these Persian Messengers ... these men will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night."-Herodotus, from the "History of the Persian Wars"
The king and his council. The 20 provinces were controlled by governors appointed by the king.
He organised it into 20 provinces ruled by his provincial governors, supervised by the king and his council.
It established 20 provinces each under a Persian governors who were responsible to the king and his council.