How Powerful Was the Persian Empire?
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire dominated the ancient Near East for 200 years, and in that time had worked hard to keep their multi-state empire in a whole host of genius ways, so just how did the empire function in its hey-day?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satrap
https://www.britannica.com/topic/satrap
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