A much later example was the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. They were Greeks. Ptolemy was a Macedonian general of Alexander's. The simply grafted themselves on to the structure and started calling the shots.
To a peasant farmer 200 miles up the Nile all the change would have meant was: "Oh, there's a new pharoah? What's his name? Watch out for that cobra over there."
When, or if, the new king got around to replacing the local peasant's immediate overlord it may have had a little more impact but the odds are that he would simply go on growing grain as they had always done.
To a peasant farmer 200 miles up the Nile all the change would have meant was: "Oh, there's a new pharoah? What's his name? Watch out for that cobra over there."
When, or if, the new king got around to replacing the local peasant's immediate overlord it may have had a little more impact but the odds are that he would simply go on growing grain as they had always done.
