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2 days ago · Around 535 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus the Great initiated a protracted campaign to absorb parts of India into his nascent Achaemenid Empire. [1] In this initial incursion, the Persian army annexed a large region to the west of the Indus River, consolidating the early eastern borders of their new realm.
5 days ago · The satrap of Syria resided at Damascus, Sidon, or Tripolis in the fourth century BCE. Gubaru, an Iranian companion of Cyrus the Great, was the first Persian satrap of Syria and Babylonia, before their separation.
5 days ago · 1. I am Darius the Great King, King of Kings, King in Persia, King of countries, son of Hystaspes, grandson of Arsames, an Achaemenian. 2. Darius the King says: My father was Hystaspes; Hystaspes' father was Arsames; Arsames' father was Ariaramnes; Ariaramnes' father was Teispes; Teispes' father was Achaemenes. 3.
3 days ago · A. D. H. Bivar concludes that this was the year the Seleucids lost control of Parthia to Andragoras, the appointed satrap who rebelled against them. Hence, Arsaces I "backdated his regnal years" to the moment when Seleucid control over Parthia ceased.
3 days ago · Achaemenes is the first listed king of the Persians, but a bright star by the name of Cyrus in 550 could be said to have kick-started the empire.
4 days ago · The duties of the satrap including maintaining peace within his satrapy to ensure agriculture could be conducted and tribute could be produced, as well as to keep the locations at higher altitudes and the mountain passes under control loyal to the Achaemenid crown, to which it contributed 360 horses and 140 talents of silver for defence.
5 days ago · How to say Satra in English? Pronunciation of Satra with 1 audio pronunciation, 1 meaning, 2 translations and more for Satra.
