ADMINISTRATIVE LEGACIES OF THE PERSIAN WORLD-STATE EMPIRE: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODERN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Part 1 From: Public Administration Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Farazmand, Ali | Copyright Southern Public Administration Education Foundation Fall 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Knowledge about governance and administration is cumulative with strong roots in ancient civilizations. Many of these roots have firm grounding in the ancient Persian Empire whose theory and practice of governance and administration have made immense contributions to world civilizations, their governments, and public administration. By conquering virtually the entire known world of antiquity in a single generation, the Persians changed the world's political and administrative ...

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