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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, November 14, 2025 1:00 pm to 2:30
  pm \n Room 304 \n Bancroft Building (4 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto) \n\nSpe
 akers \nRhyne King, University of Toronto \n\nDescription: \nThe Making o
 f the Persian EmpireThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Stu
 dies presents 'The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Persian Empire' 
 on Friday, November 14, 2025, 1 p.m. (Eastern Time: Canada and US).Abst
 ract:  Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian ki
 ngs Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a con
 tinental scale, as their empire reached from the Iranian plateau to easte
 rn Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. Beyond the imperial center, 
 the kings’ vast territory was ruled by royal representatives known as satr
 aps, who managed the practicalities of running the empire. In this book,
  Rhyne King explores how the empire was governed by investigating how the 
 satraps and the structures supporting them—their “houses”—operated across 
 great distances. Examining satrapal houses in Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotam
 ia, and Central Asia, King demonstrates how these systems encouraged loc
 al self-interest and advancement even as they benefited the imperial whole
 . Ultimately, he argues, it was these Persian forms of transregional gov
 ernance that were key in enabling the vast polity to endure for more than 
 two centuries.Bio:Rhyne King is a historian of the Achaemenid Persian Empi
 re, which stretched from the eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia from 5
 50 to 330 BCE. Rhyne King received his PhD from the University of Chicago\
 , and he has previously worked at the Institute for the Study of the Ancie
 nt World (part of New York University) and the University of St Andrews. T
 he House of the Satrap is available now with the University of California 
 Press.Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register
 /L7fLVLdRTSWKlUI-2-VxkA After registering, you will receive a confirmatio
 n email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\nCategories 
 \n Book LaunchesThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
  \n\nAudiences \n Alumni and FriendsCommunityFacultyGraduate StudentsProsp
 ective StudentsStaffUndergraduate StudentsGeneral Public
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SUMMARY:Iranian Studies Book Launch: Rhyne King
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