10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SATRAPIES»
Discover the use of
satrapies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
satrapies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran
Darius divided the state up into administrative-taxation districts, which were
called satrapies. As far as their dimensions were concerned, the satrapies were
generally larger than the provinces of the earlier empires, and, in a number of ...
Muhammad A. Dandamaev, Vladimir G. Lukonin, 2004
2
The Cambridge Ancient History
62.328) attests the existence of at least seventy-two satrapies in the Seleucid
kingdom: perhaps the number is exaggerated and includes 'subdivisions' of
satrapies in the true and full sense. W. W. Tarn regarded Appian's seventy-two
satrapies ...
F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, 1984
3
Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration
The provincial or sub- satrapies were further divided into administrative districts
headed by district administrators or political leaders of the local communities. For
example, the satrapy of “Beyond the River” was divided into various provinces ...
4
Achaemenid
Satrapies: Medes, Sogdiana, Merv, Khvarvaran, ...
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5
Western Civilization: A Brief History
For administrative purposes, the empire had been divided into around twenty
satrapies. Each of these provinces was ruled by a governor or satrap, literally, a “
protector of the kingdom.” Although Darius had not introduced the system of ...
6
Bureaucracy and Administration
Thus, each satrapy was also divided into sub-satrapies or provinces headed by a
sub-satrap or governor, totally answerable to the satrap, although provincial
officials and peoples had direct access to the central government. The provincial
or ...
7
Politische Geschichte: Provinzen und Randvoelker: Syrien, ...
Mais quelque étendue que l'on accorde à la Séleucide, oblige-t-il vraiment à
identifier ses quatre chefs- lieux de satrapies aux villes de la tétrapole — thèse
commune à Kahrstedt et aux tenants de la «grande Séleucide» et qui aurait
pourtant ...
Hildegard Temporini, Wolfgang Haase, 1978
8
Achaemenid Anatoli: Achaemenid Cappadocia, Achaemenid ...
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The Greeks in Bactria & India
That the Indian conquests therefore were organised in imitation of the Seleucid
system, more or less, is obvious; but it is also obvious that these great provinces
were not eparchies, that is, subdivisions of satrapies, but were full satrapies, with
...
10
Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
In origin, then, the generalship of the upper satrapies was not Antigonos's idea.
His offer of this post was only a bait to trap Peithon, an exceptionally ambitious
man reported to be plotting against Antigonos. However, Antigonos actually did ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SATRAPIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
satrapies is used in the context of the following news items.
Crusader Kings 2: Horse Lords Review—Horse Power
Into the already complicated DLC basket of CK2—a basket which has added everything from Muslim caliphates to Zoroastrian satrapies to the base game's ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
Consensual Rape in Greece
It surpasses all understanding that the Europeans still haven't learned the lessons of a Germany empowered to rule Europe with their gauleiters and satrapies ... «OpEdNews, Jul 15»
Athens Agonistes: Troika Extremists Write New Greek Tragedy
They insist that control of a nation's wealth be given over to a few powerful emirs and the Troika's favored moneylenders in its richer satrapies. All measures ... «OpEdNews, Jun 15»
Understanding Obama's Perverse View Of The World
They're toast and destined to become virtual Iranian satrapies. Egypt? It's not a contender and must accommodate itself to being a bit player, as it was in the ... «Forbes, Mar 15»
Loot and move on
We used to have a Westminster democracy of sorts, with rather limited franchise; now we have an oriental complexity of official satrapies, a higgledy-piggledy ... «Rand Daily Mail, Mar 15»
Amanda Marcotte Twists Herself Into a Hillary-Shaped Pretzel Over …
So here's how Marcotte defends the dollars flooding into the Clinton charitable empire from sexist Gulf satrapies: Why the U.S. is just as bad! [W]omen are ... «Independent Women's Forum, Mar 15»
Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, dead at 22 …
King Ahasverus rules over an empire of 127 multilingual satrapies with Persian and faux-Persian names; he has an entourage of eunuchs and simpering ... «Haaretz, Mar 15»
2015; Join the BRICS, or Face Wall St. Crash & War
... of humanity, holds the promise of freeing the globe from the barbarous stranglehold of the British Empire, and its satrapies, including Saudi Arabia, Wall Street, ... «Executive Intelligence Review, Dec 14»
Total War Attila: The Sassanid Empire Detailed
In the game, the Sassanids will have a number of state satrapies under their command at the beginning of the campaign. Don't think of Sassanids as savages. «SegmentNext, Nov 14»
BRICS in Motion To Form the New 'International Community'
... terrorist forces across Southwest Asia (often through their satrapies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar), all in the name of the "international community"—meaning the ... «Executive Intelligence Review, Sep 14»
