One of the nobles of the Persian tribe. There were 20 provinces (satrapies) and 20 governors (satraps)
Satraps
It was brought into the Persian Empire in 525 BCE by king Cambyses 2.
Twenty provinces (Satrapies) each controlled by a Persian governor (Satrap) responsible to the Persian king and his council for supervising the province's indigenous rulers, keeping external and internal security, establishing prosperity and collection of taxes.
Egypt.
Egypt.
Satraps
It was brought into the Persian Empire in 525 BCE by king Cambyses 2.
Satrap was the Persian word for a provincial governor in their empire. The persians divided their empire into 20 satrapies (provinces) for ease of governing, governed by a satrap who was responsible to the king and his council for internal and external security, collecting taxes, and overseeing the local governments of the cities, tribes and petty kingdoms within their province.
Twenty provinces (Satrapies) each controlled by a Persian governor (Satrap) responsible to the Persian king and his council for supervising the province's indigenous rulers, keeping external and internal security, establishing prosperity and collection of taxes.
No. The easternmost province was today's Pakistan.
Egypt.
Egypt.
A province.
First Susa, then Persepolis when it was built.There were also capitals of the various satrapies (provinces) which had a satrap (governor) responsible for the province to the king.
satrap is a royal governor in the Persian empire.
its a groups called saptrapes
The Persian King Cambyses II conquered it and Libya and established a Persian governor.