CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Satraps
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Cavalry
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Charioters
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Musketeers
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. To guard against abuse of powers, Darius instituted a system of controls over the satrap.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.