Satrapy system

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_administration
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Darius_I
gptkbp:governedBy satrap
gptkbp:hasUnit satrapy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Satrapy system
gptkbp:influenced later administrative divisions
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:notableSatrapies gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:media
gptkb:Lydia
gptkb:Babylonia
gptkb:Bactria
gptkbp:originatedIn 6th century BCE
gptkbp:oversees imperial inspectors (the 'King's Eye')
gptkbp:purpose military recruitment
tax collection
local governance
administrative control
gptkbp:replacedBy provincial system (in later empires)
gptkbp:satrapsAppointedBy the king
gptkbp:satrapsCouldBe appointed (in most cases)
hereditary (in some cases)
local nobility
members of royal family
trusted officials
gptkbp:satrapsCouldBePunishedBy the king
gptkbp:satrapsCouldBeRemovedBy the king
gptkbp:satrapsCouldBeReplacedBy the king
gptkbp:satrapsHad administrative staff
judges
scribes
military officers
tax collectors
personal guard
gptkbp:satrapsResidence gptkb:city
gptkbp:satrapsResponsibilities maintaining order
collecting tribute
enforcing royal decrees
raising armies
gptkbp:satrapsSupervisedBy gptkb:military_officer
imperial inspectors
royal secretary
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkb:Sassanian_Empire
gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5