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satrap
satrap , governor of a province (satrapy) of the ancient Persian Empire. He was nominated by the king and given extensive powers. Darius I reorganized the privileges and duties of his satraps in the 6th cent. BC; the number of satraps varied from 20 to 28 during his reign. To prevent the concentra... Read more
Artaxerxes II
Artaxerxes II d. 358 BC, king of ancient Persia (404-358 BC), son and successor of Darius II . He is sometimes called in Greek Artaxerxes Mnemon [the thoughtful]. Early in his reign Cyrus the Younger attempted to assassinate him and seize the throne. Artaxerxes finally crushed Cyrus' rebellion a... Read more
Memphis
Memphis , ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100-c.2258 BC), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. It was reputedly founded by Menes , the first king of united Egypt. Its god was Ptah . The temple of Ptah, the palace of Apries , and two huge statues of Ra... Read more
Polycrates
Polycrates , d. c.522 BC, tyrant of Samos. He established Samian naval supremacy in the Aegean Sea and tried to control the archipelago and mainland towns of Ionia. He dominated the E Aegean, capturing the island of Rhenea (now Rinía) and defeating the Lesbians, who had gone to the aid of Mil... Read more
Alcibiades
Alcibiades , c.450-404 BC, Athenian statesman and general. Of the family of Alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of Pericles and was for many years a devoted attendant of Socrates. He turned to politics after the Peace of Nicias (421 BC), and during the Peloponnesian War he was the leader in agitating agai... Read more
Darius I
Darius I (Darius the Great) , d. 486 BC, king of ancient Persia (521-486 BC), called also Dariavaush and Darius Hystaspis (after his father, Hystaspes or Vishtaspa). A distant cousin of Cambyses II (see under Cambyses ), he succeeded to the throne after the fall of the impostor claiming to be Sm... Read more
Agesilaus II
Agesilaus II , c.444-360 BC, king of Sparta. After the death of Agis I (398? BC), he was brought to power by Lysander, whom he promptly ignored. After the Peloponnesian War the Greek cities in Asia Minor had not been ceded to Persia despite Sparta's promises, and in 396 BC Agesilaus went there to op... Read more
Darius III
Darius III (Darius Codomannus) , d. 330 BC, king of ancient Persia (336-330 BC). A cousin of Artaxerxes III, he was raised to the throne by the eunuch Bagoas, who had murdered both Artaxerxes and his son, Arses; Darius in turn murdered Bagoas. His rule was not stable, however. When Alexander the ... Read more
Bactria
Bactria , ancient Greek kingdom in central Asia. Its capital was Bactra, present-day Balkh in N Afghanistan. Before the Greek conquest, the region was an eastern province of the Persian Empire. It prospered as the area for transmitting Siberian and Indian metals and goods to the Persians. When Ale... Read more
Persia
Persia , old alternate name for the Asian country Iran. The article Iran contains a description of the geography and economy of the modern country and a short account of its history since the Arab invasion of the 7th cent. This article is concerned with the history of the ancient Persian Empire, i... Read more

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satrap
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition satrap , governor of a province (satrapy) of the ancient...responsible only to the king, checked up on the satrap. The king also regulated the taxes and imposed a fixed sum upon each satrap. Alexander the Great revised the system, replacing...
Darius I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...a royally appointed governor called a satrap who had administrative, military, financial...subordinates, Darius also appointed the satrap's second-in-command, having him...garrisons under commanders independent of the satrap were stationed strategically. However...
Alcibiades
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...king, and c.413 he fled to the protection of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes and then sought to return to Athens. After the...was ignored. In 404 at the behest of Lysander, the Persian satrap Pharnabazus had Alcibiades murdered.
Antigonus I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...upland regions in the following year, Alexander appointed him satrap of Phrygia for his good service and military ability. While...fetishlike manner, of Alexander's body; Lysimachus became satrap of Greek Thrace but never obtained the political power Antigonus...
Xenophon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Cunaxa in Babylonia, his troops dispersed; Clearchus and other Greek commanders were treacherously murdered by the Persian satrap Tissaphernes, and Xenophon was elected general. The Spartan general Chirisophus and Xenophon took command of the retreat of...
Tissaphernes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tissaphernes , d. 395 BC, Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor (c.413-395 BC). He was encouraged by Alcibiades (412) to intervene in the Peloponnesian War in support...
uirrí
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History uirrí ( Anglicized as urriogh or urriaghe ), literally a sub‐king, or satrap. The relationship between the overlord and his sub‐king or chief was based on personal lordship, and did not confer...
Chandragupta Maurya
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...returned to Magadha, killed the Nanda king, and proclaimed the Maurya dynasty in 322. The attempt of Seleucus Nicator, a Greek satrap, to recapture Punjab in 304 was foiled, and Chandragupta obtained present-day Afghanistan as part of the peace treaty...
Polycrates
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Egyptians, but the crews revolted and, with Spartan aid, unsuccessfully warred against Polycrates. Oroetes, Persian satrap of Sardes, lured him to the mainland and crucified him. He did much to aid industry, increase commerce, and encourage the...
Mausolus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mausolus , d. 353 BC, Persian satrap, ruler over Caria (c.376-353 BC). He was always more or less independent. One of the satraps who revolted against Artaxerxes...

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satrap
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology satrap governor of a province in ancient Persia...x2014; (O)F. satrape or L. satrapa , satrapēs — Gr. satrá...x161;açapāvan- satrap, f. χšaç...
Ptolemies
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 BC. Ptolemy I was an officer of Alexander the Great who, after the king's death, was appointed satrap of Egypt. He proclaimed himself king in 304, and by the time of his death in 283–82 he had established control...

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My satrap, your sachem, his avatar
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/24/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Florida. "What," she inquired, "is a satrap?" "Ah," said I, trying to be helpful, "a satrap is like a sachem, except for the hairdo...eyes, and we looked things up. The first satrap was the governor of a province in ancient...
The statesman, not regional satrap
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 10/3/2003; ; 598 words ; ...president, the Indian premier was calm and controlled; more the world statesman concerned with global issues than a regional satrap bringing a neighborhood quarrel to the world body. He did not even touch on the issue of Kashmir at the outset of his speech...
The So-called "Great Satrap's Revolt," 366-360 B.C.: Concerning Local Instability in the Achaemenid Far West.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...subversive of royal authority, whereas he was just "policing" Lycia (pp. 65-68). Finally, in 363 Orontes, former satrap of Armenia, demoted to local "governor" of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor, made an attempt to enlarge his territory at the...
The oil satrap; Face value.(David Woodward, director of British Petroleum operations in Azerbaijan)(Interview)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/11/2005; 700+ words ; David Woodward and being a giant in a small country FOR much of the 18th century the managers of the mighty East India Company were also said to be the de facto rulers of chunks of the Indian subcontinent. These days, perhaps the only foreign organisation with so big a say in the affairs of the
Moscow's man escapes Chechen bomb attack try to blow up satrap
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/21/1995; ; 635 words ; PHIL REEVES Moscow Russia received a reminder yesterday that the Chechnya conflict could again descend into war when an attempt was made to blow up the Moscow-appointed head of the republic by bombing his motorcade. Doku Zavgayev is the third Kremlin-backed official to be the target of an apparent
The official top ten ; Yesterday's fat-cat can be today's mouse. Today's state satrap is tomorrow's kingmaker. Hierarchy continues to be sabotaged by political power.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 3/16/2009; ; 700+ words ; Power, as someone famously said, flows from the barrel of a gun. In India, it flows from the barrels of the submachine guns carried by the commandos who provide security to our politicians. The larger the number of commandos, the greater the power, or so logic would demand. Except it's all a matter
Oily deals: pattern emerging in questionable gas deals in Arkansas, California and Canada. (Arkla Inc. and Arkoma Production Company involved in lawsuit)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 4/9/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Jones to Alberta & Southern was Eugene E. Satrap, Walsh says. Satrap is a gas purchasing officer for PG&E who...E investigation into gas purchasing contracts. Satrap owned a $99,000 gas lease participation with Jones...
California's gas industry faces unique dilemma.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 5/18/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...years. PG&E Gas Supply Manager Gene Satrap said the utility is simply following the...and that things are rough all over. Satrap said that wellhead prices as low as...as the gathering cost," according to Satrap. He said that the discount covers the...
Alexander's allied queen? Who is the mystery woman of Bodrum?
Magazine article from: Dig; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...a Carian nobleman who had served as satrap (governor) of Caria for the Persians...this victory. Having appointed Ada his satrap of Caria,, he left to conquer the rest...empire. Ada ruled as Alexander's satrap until she died sometime before 323 B...
An empire builder - Seleukos Nikator. (follower of Alexander the Great)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...soldiers, and a rich province meant that the satrap could recruit more mercenary soldiers...the possession of an army that made a satrap powerful, and a large army made him very...richest single satrapy was Babylonia, whose satrap was Seleukos. On his way to the east...