In an era before electronic communications, news and orders had to be transmitted by boat or foot or mounted messenger. With the Empire spread over several thousand miles from Egypt/Libya to today's Pakistan, it was important to pass messages as quickly as possible so a system of horse posting stations, riverine and seagoing boats speeded up communications, reducing the time of transmission from weeks to days.
A system of roads to facilitate communications and trade.
He had everyone in the empire use the same money system of weights and measurements.
He added today's Pakistan and Thrace, and finalised the system of government by provincial governors.
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Oh, dude, Cyrus and Darius were like the dynamic duo of the Persian Empire. Cyrus was all about expanding the empire through military conquests, while Darius was more into organization and creating a system of provinces and satraps to keep things in check. So, like, Cyrus brought the muscle and Darius brought the brains, and together they made the Persian Empire one heck of a powerhouse.
A system of roads to facilitate communications and trade.
Pony express
He had everyone in the empire use the same money system of weights and measurements.
Neither. The system was established hundreds of years earlier by the Persian king Darius of Persia. There was no Persian Empire at the time of Alexander and later the Arabs. They had differently named empires.
The governing system of the Persian Empire, resting on traditional local government, provincial government and central imperial government.
The Persian Empire had a centralized administrative system with provinces governed by satraps appointed by the king. Darius I implemented a system of satrapies with local governors responsible for tax collection and maintaining order. The king also had a council of advisors and a royal court to assist in governing the vast empire.
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It was divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) each with a governor (satrap) responsible for internal and external security and collecting taxes (the local governments were left in place under governor's supervision). They were overseen by the king and his council.
Monarchy overseeing 20 provinces with Persian governors, with traditional local governments of cities, tribes and petty kingdoms.
He added today's Pakistan and Thrace, and finalised the system of government by provincial governors.
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