Study and explanation of economic relations between the Achaemenid Empire and the satrapy of Egypt in the time of Darius I.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of History, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of History, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of History, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

4 ستادیار گروه تاریخ، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نجف آباد، ایران

Abstract

1. Introduction

Having established the Achaemenian Empire by Cyrus the Great in southwestern Iran, the Persians managed to found the most vigorous government which had been established by that time and defeated most of the civilizations of ancient western Asia.The Triumph of Egypt was one of the Cyrus the Great’s aims whom his son, Cambyses, managed to persist in conquering it. Under the Darius I the empire had acquired its Ultimate summit. Cambyses successor, Darius the Great began to do some political, cultural, economic, and religious proceedings to supervise the satrapies, especially in Egypt. These actions cause the Egyptian texts to entitle him as a great and legitimate legislator.



2. Review of Literature

The purpose of this study is to investigate the economic proceedings of Darius the Great. In this respect the acts of Darius the Great search for the efficiency of this satrapy, and what he has done to manage the Egyptian sources, how much his economic policies have been useful to the Egyptian development, and what was its results in the empire. Finally, one can say based on documents that the economic policies of Darius the Great were efficient in the Achaemenid Empire. All these arguments lead to the conclusion that Darius the Great was one of the great kings of ancient times who had got the individual ingenuity in controlling the satrapies.

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Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 5, Issue 10
December 2022
Pages 746-757

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