1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The communication system in the Empire
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06610372
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Shoin Women's College |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWASE Toyoko Shoin Women's College, History of Japanese Culture, Professor, 日本文化史科, 教授 (10195092)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | the ancient Orient / ancient Iran / communication system / satrap / staging post / horse |
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| Research Abstract |
The Haxamanis-Persian Empire (the Achaemenid Dynasty) had ruled almost all the Orient for about 200 years since the mid-sixth century B.C.It was King Darayavau-I (Dareios I,522-486 B.C.) that executed various reforms and established its administrative foudation. He set up 21 provinces and selected the Persian nobles as satrap to govern the provinces. At the same time, he fixed the annual tribute due from each. Darayavau-I also pursued the effective communications. He adopted ways of the staging posts with caravanserais, fast messengers on horses and common language (Aramaite) and so on. These systems contributed to the success of the centralization in the Haxamanis-Empire, although the Empire did not forcibly intervene in the traditional way of life among the conquered peoples.
The administrative principles of the Haxamanis-Empire was succeeded by most of the later Empire, for example, the Roman Empire, the Mongolian Empire and Ottoman Empire etc.
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