He consolidated local government, established Persian provincial governors in 20 provinces to oversee and protect them, and controlled them by himself and his council.
He built the Royal Roads
He divide the Persian Empire into provinces each headed by a governor called a "satrap." To encourage unity he hundreds of miles of roads built or repaired. It made it easier to communicate with different parts of the empire.
It was so extensive, of many peoples each with different customs.
1. he appointed 20 regional governors to control the provinces, and these were overseen and coordinated by the king and his council. 2. He established Aramaic, a Middle Eastern language, as the lingua franca of the Empire to facilitate communication and commerce.
They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.
He built the Royal Roads
Pony express
He divide the Persian Empire into provinces each headed by a governor called a "satrap." To encourage unity he hundreds of miles of roads built or repaired. It made it easier to communicate with different parts of the empire.
It was so extensive, of many peoples each with different customs.
The governing system of the Persian Empire, resting on traditional local government, provincial government and central imperial government.
1. he appointed 20 regional governors to control the provinces, and these were overseen and coordinated by the king and his council. 2. He established Aramaic, a Middle Eastern language, as the lingua franca of the Empire to facilitate communication and commerce.
The Royal Road or Achmaenid Road with its system of way stations and riders aided communication in Darius' empire. The road connected Susa with Persepolis and India.https://www.thoughtco.com/royal-road-of-the-achaemenids-172590
It left the Persians with no legitimate king to unite opposition against his ongoing conquest of the Persian empire. He was then dealing with separate kingdoms and tribes.
Exercising his power of king through his generals.
To unite his empire, stabilise it, defend it internally and externally, and improve its prosperity.
They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.
He reorganized the government. He split the empire into two provinces called satrapies which were run by an official called a satrap.