BIBFRAME Work

Title

The house of the satrap

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• King, Rhyne (author )

Subject

• Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C. (LCSH)

Language

• eng

Classification

• LCC: DS281 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 935/.05 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a continental scale, as their empire reached from the Iranian plateau to as far as eastern Europe, Central Asia, and north Africa. Beyond the imperial center, the kings' vast territory was ruled by regional royal representatives known as satraps, who managed the practicalities of running the empire. In this book, Rhyne King explores how the empire was governed at an imperial level by investigating how the satraps and the structures supporting them--their 'houses'--operated across great distances. Examining satrapal houses in Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Central Asia, King demonstrates how these systems encouraged local self-interest and advancement even as they benefited the imperial whole. Ultimately, he argues, it was these Persian forms of transregional governance that were key in enabling their vast polity to endure for more than two centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Satrapal wealth in Anatolia, 412-386 -- Satrapal networks in Western Anatolia -- Aršāma : controlling and cultivating labor -- Bēlšunu : becoming an Achaemenid satrap -- Bakabaduš in Arachosia : traversing the Iranian plateau -- Axvamazdā and the control over movement in Bactria -- Conclusions and contributions.

Authorized Access Point

King, Rhyne. The house of the satrap

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-12T01:28:57.515418+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24040502

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-12
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: bibframe-2-6-0
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc