WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The state communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire allowed the Assyrian king and his officials to send and receive messages across the empire quickly and reliably. Messages were sent using a relay system (Assyrian: kalliu) which was revolutionary for the early first millennium BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the system of communication like for the Assyrians? A network of staging posts was established throughout the empire that used relays of horses to carry messages.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Assyrian imperial communication network relied on mounted messengers and the exclusive transport animal used for this purpose was the mule (kūdunu), always employed in pairs-a strategy intended to reduce the chance of the rider ever being left stranded with a lame animal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Assyrians used the ancient writing technique of cuneiform, which was first developed by the Sumerians around 3000 BC. Texts were written by pressing a reed pen into soft clay. The characteristic wedge-shaped strokes give the writing its modern name (cuneiform means simply ‘wedge-shaped’).