The House of the Satrap

The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire

Rhyne King (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

334 Seiten

2025
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41612-3 (ISBN)

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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 eastern Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. Beyond the imperial center, the kings’ vast territory was ruled by royal representatives known as satraps, who managed the practicalities of running the empire. In this book, Rhyne King explores how the empire was governed 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 the vast polity to endure for more than two centuries.

Rhyne King is an Arts and Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. He has published a number of articles and chapters on the ancient Iranian world.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Transliteration and Terminology
Primary Sources: Editions, Translations, and Abbreviations

Introduction
1. Satrapal Wealth in Anatolia, 412–386
2. Satrapal Networks in Western Anatolia
3. Aršāma: Controlling and Cultivating Labor
4. Bēlšunu: Becoming an Achaemenid Satrap
5. Bakabaduš in Arachosia: Traversing the Iranian Plateau
6. Axvamazdā and the Control over Movement in Bactria
Conclusions and Contributions

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2025
Zusatzinfo	10 b-w figures, 3 maps, 7 tables
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-520-41612-0 / 0520416120
ISBN-13	978-0-520-41612-3 / 9780520416123
Zustand	Neuware