WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -A governor of an ancient Persian province was called a satrap. These areas ruled by satraps were called “satrapies.” The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great first chose satraps to rule individual provinces, around 530 BCE. Each satrap controlled a specific amount of land, collecting taxes and maintaining law and order.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Diadochi ruled their satrapies until, one by one, they were conquered by the Parthians.

Detailed explanation-3: -The administrative structure of the Persian Empire included governors of provinces, or satrapies. Such a governor was a satrap (pronounced SAY-trap). The English word comes from the Greek satrapes, which in turn was derived from the Persian xshahthrapavan.

Detailed explanation-4: -As the head of the administration of his province, the satrap collected taxes and was the supreme judicial authority; he was responsible for internal security and raised and maintained an army.

Detailed explanation-5: -A Persian governor of a province was known as a satrap (“protector of the kingdom” or “keeper of the province”) and the province as a satrapy. Theses satrapies were required to pay taxes and provide men for the empire’s armies and, in return, were supposed to enjoy the protection and affluence of the empire as a whole.