Yes. The first Achaemenid ruler was Cyrus II (The Great), who founded the Persian Empire by uniting the two original Iranian tribes, the Medes and the Persians in the 6th century BC.
This changed over the centuries. Sparta was ruled by two kings, a council. and an assembly Athens was ruled first by a king, then an aristocracy, then by a tyrant, then by an assembly of the people. Persia was ruled by a king and his council.
the Qajar shahs
I don't think Zeus died.
I don't think Zeus died.
Satraps collected taxes, ruled legal court cases, represented his polis, etc in that critera.
persia
Persia.
It was Cyrus of Persia
The first great ruler of Persia. Ruled from 559-530 BC.
Iran was called Persia at that point in history; it was ruled by the Sassanid Empire.
Yes he was. He also ruled Persia and many other places too.
This changed over the centuries. Sparta was ruled by two kings, a council. and an assembly Athens was ruled first by a king, then an aristocracy, then by a tyrant, then by an assembly of the people. Persia was ruled by a king and his council.
The king ruled Persia because the greatest god allowed him to.
Darius I ruled Persia (The Persian Empire) in the 5th century BC.
the Qajar shahs
Persia.
Under the leadership of Abu Bakr, the Islamic-ruled region stretched from Persia to west of Egypt.