CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Governors of provinces in the Persian Empire
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Military generals in Alexander the Great’s army
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Irrigation canals created by the Persians
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The first human rights declaration written by Cyrus the Great
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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: -A satrap (/ˈsætrəp/) was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
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: -The satraps were provincial administrators appointed by the king who owed him tribute and military manpower. Darius’ Behistun list includes 23 locations. Herodotus is another source of information on them because he wrote a list of the tributes paid by the satrapies to the Achaemenid king.