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.
Key dates in the Persian Empire include 550 BCE, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire; 522 BCE, marking the rise of Darius I, who expanded the empire and established a complex administrative system; and 330 BCE, when Alexander the Great defeated Darius III, leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire. Additionally, the establishment of the Royal Road around 500 BCE facilitated communication and trade across the vast territory. These events were crucial in shaping the history and influence of the Persian Empire.
He added today's Pakistan and Thrace, and finalised the system of government by provincial governors.
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A system of roads to facilitate communications and trade.
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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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Under Darius I, the Persian Empire utilized a centralized administrative system that divided the empire into satrapies, or provinces, each governed by a satrap (governor). This system allowed for efficient tax collection, local governance, and the maintenance of order. Darius also established a network of roads and a postal system to facilitate communication and control throughout the vast empire. His rule emphasized a balance between local autonomy and centralized authority, promoting stability and integration across diverse cultures.
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.
He didn't untie the Persian Empire, he took steps to tie it together, establishing Aramaic as the lingua franca and a system of 20 provincial governors to control the empire, overseen by him and his council in the capital Persepolis.