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The Satrapy of Armenia (Old Persian: π πΌπ·π‘π΄ Armina or π πΌπ·π‘π΄πΉ Arminiya), a region controlled by the Orontid dynasty (570–201 BC), was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC that later became an independent kingdom. Its capitals were Tushpa and later Erebuni.
A satrap (/ Λ s æ t r Ι p /) was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires. [2] A satrapy is the territory governed by a satrap. [3] A satrap served as a viceroy to the king, though with considerable autonomy.
The Satrapy of Lydia, known as Sparda in Old Persian (Old Persian cuneiform πΏπ±πΌπ, Sparda), [1] was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Empire, located in the ancient kingdom of Lydia, with Sardis as its capital.
The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent, including the region of Maka (Gedrosia in Greek terminology) Maka was an important early eastern satrapy of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The Babylonians had made voyages using Maka to communicate with India. [5]
The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVII, alternatively 27th Dynasty or Dynasty 27), also known as the First Egyptian Satrapy (Old Persian: MudrΔya [8]), was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire between 525 and 404 BC.
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] ... A satrapy was an administrative unit, usually organized on a geographical basis. A 'satrap' (governor) was the ...
Arachosia (/ ær Ι Λ k oΚ s i Ι /; Greek: αΌραχωσΞ―α ArachΕsíΔ), or Harauvatis (Old Persian: ππΌπ’πΊπ«π‘π Harauvatiš), was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. [1] [2] Mainly centred around the Arghandab River, [3] a tributary of the Helmand River, it extended as far east as the Indus River.
The Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXXI, alternatively 31st Dynasty or Dynasty 31), also known as the Second Egyptian Satrapy, was effectively a satrapy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 343 BC to 332 BC.