{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-satrap-rhyne-king-9780520416123","title":"The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhyne King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520416120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520416123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rhyne King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372708024575,"sku":"9780520416123","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bce3db1-e427-41f6-b68c-a09dced9cba6.jpg?v=1732726725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-of-the-satrap-rhyne-king-9780520416123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}