He reorganized the government. He split the empire into two provinces called satrapies which were run by an official called a satrap.
He reorganized the government. He split the empire into two provinces called satrapies which were run by an official called a satrap.
He reorganized the government. He split the empire into two provinces called satrapies which were run by an official called a satrap.
Pony express
From Libya to Central Asia.
They wanted to establish and solidify a large, cohesive, stable and prosperous empire.
Because they built a garden of tower that looks like a ziggurat
There was the satrapi system which divided the Persian Empire into smaller, more manageable governates and a "pony express" system that allowed royal messengers to deliver information across the empire in 7 days as opposed to the 90 days it would take a man to walk from one end to the other
Conquest, establishing an effective provincial government system, and being able to protect the Empire and advance its prosperity.
After Alexander rejected the peace settlement proposed by Darius, Darius gathered a large army in preparation for a military confrontation. He aimed to defeat Alexander and protect his empire. However, before the confrontation occurred, Darius was assassinated by his own generals.
By shipping, and in the inland routes, by mounted couriers along direct tracks between the 20 provinces.
Cyrus the Great and his successors Darius the Great and Artaxerxes.
It stretched from Libya through the Middle East and Central Asia to today's Pakistan - about 4,000 km.