Governors (satraps governed the 20 provinces (satrapies).
I guess you refer to Darius I (the Great) the third king of the Achaeminid Empire (the Persian Empire at its greatest extent). He divided the empire into provinces and placed satraps (governors) to administer them. It was a creation of administrative subdivisions.
King Darius appointed Satraps or governors to rule various provinces in his empire for easier governance. By appointing Satraps, he was free from mundane daily bureaucratic issues of ruling an empire that streched from the northern borders of India, the entire Middle East and all the way to Libya and parts of Greece.
The Roman provinces were governed by provincial governors. In some provinces they were appointed by the senate (senatorial provinces) and they were called proconsuls or propraetors. In other provinces they were appointed by the emperor (imperial provinces) and they were called imperial legates.
Emperor Akbar divided the Mughal empire into provinces or subas, which were subdivided into sarkars, which were further divided into parganas. Akbar had 15 subas by the end of his reign.
He reorganized the government. He split the empire into two provinces called satrapies which were run by an official called a satrap.
Satrap
He divided it into provinces and assigned satraps to govern them.
he divide the empire into two provinces because King Darius appointed Satraps or governors to rule various provinces in his empire for easier governance. By appointing Satraps, he was free from mundane daily bureaucratic issues of ruling an empire that streched from the northern borders of India, the entire Middle East and all the way to Libya and parts of Greece.
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.
I guess you refer to Darius I (the Great) the third king of the Achaeminid Empire (the Persian Empire at its greatest extent). He divided the empire into provinces and placed satraps (governors) to administer them. It was a creation of administrative subdivisions.
Darius I divided the Persian Empire into 20 provinces, known as satrapies. Each satrapy was governed by a satrap, who was responsible for collecting taxes and maintaining order. This administrative system allowed for more efficient governance over the vast territories of the empire.
Darius organized the empire by dividing it into 20 provinces.
King Darius appointed Satraps or governors to rule various provinces in his empire for easier governance. By appointing Satraps, he was free from mundane daily bureaucratic issues of ruling an empire that streched from the northern borders of India, the entire Middle East and all the way to Libya and parts of Greece.
Cyrus the Great and his successors Darius the Great and Artaxerxes.
He divided his empire into 20 provinces, each with a Persian provincial governor responsible for internl and external security, developing trade and commerce, and collecting taxes.
Twenty Satrapies (Provinces).
Darius organized the empire by dividing it into 20 provinces.