satrapy - A unit of Persian governance similar to a province.
The Persian empire consisted of more than twenty of these provinces
which were arranged by geography and ethnicity. Each satrapy was
ruled by a Satrap or Governor. The satrapies were under the rule of
the Great King of Persia, but had a fair amount of autonomy as
compared with other empires. The flexibility in the Persian system
of government is one of the reasons for it's long term success. definition
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