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Provincial governers in the Persian Empire were styled "Satrap" and the areas they ruled, "a Satrapy"

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Was a Persian provincial governor.?

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Who controlled the local government in the Persian Empire?

The indigenous leaders. The Persian provincial governor oversaw their activities.


What is satrap in ancient Persian Empire mean?

Provincial governor - at its peak there were 20.


What government did the Persian Empire employ?

Local government by appointed tyrants/princelings, with provincial control by a Persian governor and overall control by the king and his council.


How did the Persian Empire rulers unite their vast empire?

They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.


How did the Persians role a vast empire?

They divided it into 20 provinces each with a Persian governor responssible to the king and his council. The left local government in place, reasponsive to the provincial governor.


How did Darius the Great unify the Persian Empire?

He divided the empire into 20 provinces, each with a Persian governor responsible to the king and his council for internal and external security, taxes and advancing prosperity. Local areas retained their traditional governance under their provincial governor.


Who was concerned about justice in the Persian Empire?

Overall, the king and his council. At provincial level, the Persian governor. At local level, the traditional systems of the various cities, tribes and principalities within each of the 20 provinces.


What type of policies did the Persian Empire use to grow so strong?

They provided internal and external security, but allowed the cities, tribes and territories to continue their traditional governance, under supervision of a Persian provincial governor.


What power had control of Afghanistan before Alexander the Great?

The area was controlled by several petty kings and tribal rulers under a Persian Empire provincial governor.


Who ruled the Persian Empire?

The king and his council through Persian provincial governors.


Why did the Persians battle against Athens?

To punish it for burning the Persian provincial capital of Sardis, and to establish a puppet governor who would prevent this sort of intervention in the Empire happening again.