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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...and duties of his satraps in the 6th cent. BC; the number of satraps varied from 20...checked up on the satrap. The king also...fixed sum upon each satrap. Alexander the...taken from the satraps, who lost the...
Darius I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Darius also appointed the satrap's second-in-command...commanders independent of the satrap were stationed strategically...empire was organized on the satrap system, but the results were...no standing army. At need, satraps involved were ordered to raise...
Azerbaijan and Azeris
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Great conquered the Achaemenid Kingdom, retaining Persian satraps to govern as his forces advanced eastward. According to one...Azerbaijan is derived from the name of Alexander's original satrap, Atropatanes. Another explanation traces the origin of the...
Artaxerxes II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...mother and relied heavily upon his officials; in addition, the satraps Pharnabazus and Tissaphernes had real ruling power. They managed...accomplished nothing. A formidable and longlasting revolt of the satraps (among them Mausolus) against the king was put down just...
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...
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 II , he later allied himself with the Persian kings. He extended his power...
Persia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...centralized system that was remarkable for its efficiency. Satraps, or governors, were set up to rule firmly and arbitrarily over the various regions, but to keep check on the satraps, who were potential aspirants to central power, each was...
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...

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satrap
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History satrap A provincial governor of the ACHAEMENIDS...up into twenty satrapies. Although the satraps nominally owed allegiance to the king...the SASSANIAN EMPIRE the term “satrap” designated a less important...
Artaxerxes II
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...unsuccessful in his attempts to repossess Egypt, and he put down the satraps' revolt of 366–358 only with difficulty. His...Artaxerxes III, killed his brothers and crushed two rebellious satraps in order to establish his power. In 343 he finally forced...
Achaemenid
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...instituted a major reorganization of the administration and finances of the empire, establishing twenty provinces ruled by Satraps. Both he and XERXES failed in their attempts to conquer Greece in the early 5th century. By the time ALEXANDER III (the...
Darius I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...550–486 BC) King of Persia (521–486 BC). His reign divided the empire into provinces governed by satraps, allowing each province its own government while maintaining some centralizing authority. He developed commerce, building...
Darius
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...king of Persia 521–486 bc , known as Darius the Great . He divided the empire into provinces, governed by satraps, developed commerce, built a network of roads, and connected the Nile with the Red Sea by canal. After a revolt by the...
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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ruler
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...autocrat. See table. antonym: subject. Rulers aga Caesar caliph emir emperor empress kaiser king khan maharajah mikado monarch Negus pharaoh prince princess queen raja rani regent satrap shah sheikh shogun sovereign sultan czar viceroy

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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 ; ...episodes began in 367, when the satraps Autophrates of Lydia and Ariobarzanes...fashion, Greek perception of satraps as rebels represented Mausolus...Finally, in 363 Orontes, former satrap of Armenia, demoted to local...93). In sum, the "Great Satraps' Revolt" is essentially an...
My satrap, your sachem, his avatar
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/24/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...trying to be helpful, "a satrap is like a sachem, except for...looked things up. The first satrap was the governor of a province...Jeb Bush is a re-elected satrap, and Sen. Edward Kennedy...writers throw us sachems and satraps for the sheer hell of it...
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...
Sham Shuffle Cosmetic changes at the top can hardly be the answer to the organisational disarray of the Congress in most states where Sonia Gandhi is hesitant in disturbing well-entrenched satraps
Newspaper article from: India Today; 1/23/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Congress formed the government at the Centre. Established satraps continue to be in saddle with the only casualty being Satyavrat...primarily due to severe infighting in all state units backed by the satraps. Former chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Shankersinh Vaghela...
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 ; ...colleagues. Alas, occupancy of Lutyen's sprawling bungalows no longer offers automatic access to the levers of power. State satraps and regional chieftains are increasingly the ones who exercise influence, way beyond the borders of the state or region they...
Satraps give Maharajah that sinking feeling.
Newspaper article from: Economic Times (New Delhi, India); 3/18/2005; 700+ words ; Byline: G Ganapathy Subramaniam Mar. 18--NEW DELHI -- The Maharajah is finally getting the jitters. Waking up to competition blues, the national carrier has admitted that it will have to face new challenges -- much different from existing ones -- once Jet Airways and Air Sahara roll out their
BJP satraps foil RSS effort to organise succession.
Newspaper article from: Mail Today (New Delhi, India); 11/2/2009; 553 words ; DEATH and defeat brings the family together to commiserate. But in the badly bruised BJP parivar, yet another electoral rout has merely added fuel to the fire that is raging within the party -- the battle to grab the leftover assets of that once promising party. Anywhere else, such a downward
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
Documents trap shoora satraps
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/23/2006; 548 words ; NEW DELHI, India, June 23 -- THE DOCUMENTS submitted to the Registrar of Societies and Chits for approval of the new shoora (governing council of a madarsa) has trapped the new office-bearers of the city's oldest seminary in financial irregularities. In the set of documents, the new team headed by
The battle cry of the satraps ; To gauge the mood of the electorate in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, India Today commissioned a nationwide survey which suggests that the 15th General Election is set for the closest-ever finish.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 4/13/2009; ; 700+ words ; Making predictions, someone said, is a difficult task, especially when it is about the future. Trying to forecast the Lok Sabha elections, the largest electoral exercise in the world, involving 543 constituencies, seven national parties, 47 state parties and nearly 900 smaller parties registered