CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Persian Road
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Country Road
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Royal Road
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Silk Road
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Persian king Darius I built the so-called Royal Road, a highway over 1, 600 miles in length that stretched from Sardis in the west to Susa in the east. This was a paved road which could accommodate horse-drawn carts and chariots. People could now utilize these to travel long distances.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius the Great (Darius I) of the first (Achaemenid) Persian Empire in the 5th century BC. Darius built the road to facilitate rapid communication on the western part of his large empire from Susa to Sardis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 2, 400 kilometres (149 miles) journey that led from the Aegean Sea to Iran was formerly known as the Royal Road, supposedly taking 90 days to cross by foot.