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Abstract

The second part of a series of the author’s publications discusses the regional administration of Alexander the Great’s Empire at the satrapal level, as well as the relationships between him and the dependent territories in the East. This work focuses on the next group of Alexander’s satrapies in Asia (from Syria to Mesopotamia) and Egypt.

Keywords

Alexander the Great, Empire, Achaemenid Power, satrapy, satrap, administration, West Asia, Egypt.

Maksim M. Kholod

Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia;

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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