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The Satrapy of Capadocia was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire until its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. This article lists the Achaemenid satraps of Cappadocia, an ancient region in central Anatolia.
According to Strabo, the name of Atropatene derived from the name of Atropates, the commander of the Achaemenid Empire. As he writes in his book “Geography”: "Media is divided into two parts. One part of it is called Greater Media, of which the metropolis is Ecbatana. The other part is Atropatian Media, which got its name from the commander ...
Satrapy: Babylonian Weight: Attic Weight: Ionia (Yauna) 400: 520: Lydia (Sparda) 500: 650: Phrygia-Cappadocia (Katpatuka) 360: 468: Cilicia (Kilikes) 360: 468: An Additional 140 Babylonian talents = 182 Attic talents was paid to the garrison of the Gülek Pass(Cilician Gates) Syria (Abar-Nahara) 350: 455: Egypt (Mudraya) 700: 910: The Persian ...
The Cappadocian calendar is a solar calendar derived from the Persian Zoroastrian calendar. It is named after the historic region Cappadocia in present-day Turkey, where it was used. The calendar, which had 12 months of 30 days each and five epagomenal days , originated between 550 and 330 BC, when Cappadocia was part of the Persian Achaemenid ...
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Oct 1, 2022 · About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Contribute Help; ... 1 The Satrapy. 2 Satraps of Cappadocia (c. 380–331 BC) 3 See also.
Drangiana or Zarangiana ( Greek: Δραγγιανή, Drangianē; also attested in Old Western Iranian as 𐏀𐎼𐎣, Zraka or Zranka, [3] was a historical region and administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire. This region comprises territory around Hamun Lake, wetlands in endorheic Sistan Basin on the Iran - Afghan border, and its ...
