Editing The Prince (section)

====Conquered kingdoms (Chapter 4)====
[[File:The Family of Darius before Alexander by Paolo Veronese 1570 fragment.jpg|right|thumb|A 16th-century Italian impression of the family of [[Darius III]], emperor of [[Persia]], before their conqueror, [[Alexander the Great]]: Machiavelli explained that in his time the [[Near East]] was again ruled by an empire, the [[Ottoman Empire]], with similar characteristics to that of Darius—seen from the viewpoint of a potential conqueror.]] 

In some cases, the old king of the conquered kingdom depended on his lords; 16th-century France, or in other words France as it was at the time of writing of ''The Prince'', is given by Machiavelli as an example of such a kingdom. These are easy to enter, but difficult to hold.

When the kingdom revolves around the king, with everyone else his servant, then it is difficult to enter, but easy to hold. The solution is to eliminate the old bloodline of the prince. Machiavelli used the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian empire]] of [[Darius III]], conquered by [[Alexander the Great]], to illustrate this point, and then noted that if one considers it, they will find this historical example similar to the "kingdom of the Turk" ([[Ottoman Empire]]) in their time – making this a potentially easier conquest to hold than France would be.<ref>See {{Harvcoltxt|Strauss|1958|p=65}} for a more longer discussion on this chapter.</ref>