The annual tribute imposed on the satrapy of Egypt and Cyrene was heavy, but it was probably raised with ease.
Each satrapy was again subdivided into several minor governorships.
For the Asiatic provinces and Egypt, the old Persian name of satrapy (see Satrap) was still retained, but the governor seems to have been styled of Govern- officially in Greek strategos, although the term satrap certainly continued current in common parlance.
Personal cupidity, discourtesy to the allies, and a tendency to adopt the style and manners of oriental princes, combined to alienate from him the sympathies of the Ionian allies, who realized that, had it not been for the Athenians, the battle of Salamis would never have been even fought, and Greece would probably have become a Persian satrapy.
The Hebrews were not, of course, only the Jews, but all of the nations of the Persian satrapy of Abarnahara.