Districts of the Achaemenid Empire
divided the Achaemenid Empire into 20 districts for the purpose of tribute payments. The following is a description of the ethnic makeup of the districts and the amount they paid in taxes, translated from Herodotus' Histories.The quantities of silver are given in Babylonian talent, while the quantities of gold are given in Euboïc/Euboean talent. Only the Indians paid in gold, the exchange value of gold to silver being 13 to 1 per unit of weight at the time of Herodotus.
order change based on Tomb of Darius the Great inscription
