satrapy definition by Wordo

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

).