The local areas - tribes, cities and principalities, were allowed to self-govern according to their traditional custom. 20 Persian provincial governors oversaw them, maintained security, advanced prosperity, and collected taxes. A central government by king and his council oversaw and directed their activities and maintained overall security.
Hekmataneh.
The successive Persian kings from Cyrus to Darius until conquered by Alexander who turned it into an empire of his own..
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.
Persia.The Persian Empire.
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 royal road.
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
The Persian Empire incorporated the Indus Valley.