The term used by the Persians was Satrapy, the governor was a Satrap. These are Anglicised words from the Persian language original.
Satrap
Twenty Satrapies (Provinces).
King Darius the Great.
Cyrus the Great and his successors Darius the Great and Artaxerxes.
He established secure boundaries and divided the empire into 20 provinces each with a governor responsible for internal and external security, overseen by himself and his council.
Satrap
Twenty Satrapies (Provinces).
King Darius the Great.
I guess you refer to Darius I (the Great) the third king of the Achaeminid Empire (the Persian Empire at its greatest extent). He divided the empire into provinces and placed satraps (governors) to administer them. It was a creation of administrative subdivisions.
Cyrus the Great and his successors Darius the Great and Artaxerxes.
Twenty provinces (Satrapies).
He established secure boundaries and divided the empire into 20 provinces each with a governor responsible for internal and external security, overseen by himself and his council.
He established secure boundaries and divided the empire into 20 provinces each with a governor responsible for internal and external security, overseen by himself and his council.
Darius I
the 20 states into which darius divided the Persian empire
the 20 states into which darius divided the Persian empire
He divided his empire into 20 provinces, each with a Persian provincial governor responsible for internl and external security, developing trade and commerce, and collecting taxes.