Cyrus the Great and His Empire

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Cyrus the Great

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Strong army in 500 B.C.

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Conquered peoples

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Treated fairly by Cyrus

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Royal Road

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1600 miles from Persia to Anatolia

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Diagram

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Image of a soldier overlooking a fleet of ships

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Darius I

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Ruled Persia from 522 to 486 B.C., reorganized the government

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Satrapies

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Provinces in the Persian Empire

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Satrap

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Governor of a satrapy

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Jobs of a Satrap

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Collected taxes, judged legal cases, managed policies, recruited soldiers

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Persian Army

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Full-time, paid, professional

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Immortals

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10,000 best fighters, replaced immediately when one died