WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

PERSIAN

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

What did the Persians consider as the “most important” route in the empire because it provided them food, water, and fresh horses?

A	Awkward Road
B	Country Road
C	Royal Road
D	Silk Road

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Royal Road benefited the Persians by allowing for rapid communication throughout the empire. Over a hundred posting stations maintained with a supply of fresh horses for sending relay riders with messages. The road was vastly improved in the reign of shahinshah (king of kings) Darius I.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Persians were the first people to establish regular routes of communication between three continents-Africa, Asia and Europe. They built many new roads and developed the world’s first postal service.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary function of the Royal Road was to facilitate communication from the emperor to his distant subjects. In this, the impact was clearly to make it possible to administer an empire that, at that time, was geographically among the largest in the world. The Royal Road helped make the Persian Empire possible.

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