Provincial governers in the Persian Empire were styled "Satrap" and the areas they ruled, "a Satrapy"
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They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.
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.
The king and his council through Persian provincial governors.
Through Persian provincial governors supervising local governments.
He appointed local tyrants to govern the Greek city-states, imposed a tax regime to finance the armies he maintained to enforce internal and external security, and appointed a Persian provincial governor to oversee this.
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The indigenous leaders. The Persian provincial governor oversaw their activities.
Provincial governor - at its peak there were 20.
Local government by appointed tyrants/princelings, with provincial control by a Persian governor and overall control by the king and his council.
They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The area was controlled by several petty kings and tribal rulers under a Persian Empire provincial governor.
The king and his council through Persian provincial governors.
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.