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The ports were released at the beginning of October from the British and Vatican treaties from the war of 1812
I forgot that the Persians had previously invaded Egypt.
So to make this happen, a governor-general, Satrap, was assigned to each province,
Rin says
So to make this happen, a governor-general, Satrap, was assigned to each province,
Yes. Nowadays the satraps are called 'head of the country's central bank'. And the means of keeping them in line is granting/denying them Fed Swap lines.
And the means of keeping them in line is granting/denying them Fed Swap lines.
Do you mean that all those countries' central banks are continuously borrowing from the Fed? I had not heard about this.
Was it simply a matter of taking over the capital city in each case, so that the tax revenue went to him?
Maybe conquering a country is rather like domesticating dogs. Dogs are pack animals and genetically inclined to follow the top dog. So humans simply replaced the top dogs with themselves. In the case of a centralized country, that makes the job of conquering rather simple. Just put yourself in the top position and let things run as before.
Alexander did this exceptionally well in Egypt, which was centralized around the Pharaoh. He literally installed his general Ptolemy as Pharaoh and the Egyptians just shrugged and carried on as usual. That lasted around 400 years. The Greeks didn't even bother to learn the Egyptian language until Cleopatra did around the year zero.
Am I missing something? Was it really that simple?
I've read that one reason the British had a hard time with Ireland is that it was never under centralized Irish control, but rather dispersed and rural. So there was no capital city to conquer.