satrap
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Tyrant, Satrap, Pharaoh, Khan, Caesar, Emperor, Tsar and Kaiser have left their sulphurous trail across the pages of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Satrap of Syria had a mind to dispossess me of it; but I was too rich to have anything to fear.
From Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Hawthorne, Julian
"Look on it, Satrap, and let your lords look, but let none of you dare to touch it."
From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider
Shabaka again——" began Idernes, but I cut him short, saying, "Yes, O Satrap, Shabaka again.
From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider
"Not that, O Satrap, only the commands of the King of kings which are prepared ready to deliver to you under the White Seal that you acknowledge."
From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider
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Mesopotamia - Introductory
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Mesopotamia - Middle School and High School
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Chapter 7: The Ancient Greeks
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