Persia, under the rule of Darius, was divided into 20 provinces and administered by:

a. direct control from the king.
b. utilizing native rulers loyal to the king.
c. satraps or hereditary provincial governors.
d. large occupying armies and harsh discipline.
e. boyars, or a priestly class.


ANSWER:
c

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