satrapy
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noun
- The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of Western Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sassanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).
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sarmatiapersiapersian empireeastern roman empireguberniyasakha republicgubernyascythiababyloniasatellite stateparastateseatregiongreater irantsardomsubempire