Maka (satrapy)

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Achaemenid army, c. 338 BC. Tomb of Artaxerxes III
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Maka (

Baluchistan.[2] Alternatively, it may have corresponded to modern day Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of Oman (see Magan).[3]

Maka was already a part of the Achaemenid Empire before

Alexander's conquests of Persia, at which point it became independent. According to Herodotus, the "Mykians" belonged to the same tax district as the Drangians, Thamanaeans, Utians, Sagartians and "those deported to the Persian Gulf".[3]

According to Fleming, Maka, in the area of Gedrosia, can be considered one of the Indian satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire.[4]

Achaemenid era

The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent, including the region of Maka (Gedrosia in Greek terminology)

Maka was an important early eastern satrapy of

satrapy.[10][11] After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander the Great
also crossed Maka in his campaign of conquest. His army marched through a harsh desert path in Makran, where he lost a significant number of soldiers due to the harsh desert conditions.

Herodotus on several occasions mentions the contributions of the "Mykians", who inhabited the eastern portion of the

Arrian of Nicomedia's account of the campaigns of Alexander the Great; he mentions only the Omani side of Maka, which he calls "Maketa". The reasons for this may have been the arguably unjust rule of Xerxes.[13][3]

References

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  8. ^ "Iranian Provinces: Sistan and Baluchistan". Iranchamber.com. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
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  12. ^ "Full Text of Herodotus, Book 7,8 and 9". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  13. ^ "The History, by Herodotus (book7)". cadelaide.edu.au. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-07.

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