It maintained customary local government, with Persian provincialgovernment, and central government by a king and his council. Thiswas not new, following the models and improving on the predecessorAssyrian Empire and Babylonian Empire, however it succeeded incontrolling and providing security and prosperity for a vastlylarger area, stretching from today’s Libys, through the MiddleEast, to Central Asia and Pakistan.

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