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Maka was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire and later a satrapy of the Sassanid Empire (known as Mazun), corresponding to modern day Oman. It was also Maka was part of the empire by 520 BCE, however, it is possible that it was conquered by Cyrus the Great, who is known to have campaigned on the other side of the Persian Gulf. It continued to be a satrapy until Alexanders conquest 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".[1] It was later reconquered during the Sassanid Era.
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