The assyrian rulers divided their empire into 70 smaller units of government called provinces. then they assigned a governor to each province who reported directly to the assyrian ruler. what was the goal of this technique?

The Assyrians divided the empire into about 70 smaller units of government called provinces. They assigned a governor to each province who reported directly to the Assyrian ruler. The goal of this technique was that the leaders of the provinces ensured the laws would be obeyed and collected taxes, they governed their provinces by settling fights and also carried out king's orders .

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after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.