CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Susa to Sardis
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Nineveh to Synnada
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Comana to Opis
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Ecbatana to Nineveh
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Detailed explanation-1: -Royal road: according to the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus (fifth century BCE) the road that connected the capital of Lydia, Sardes, and the capitals of the Achaemenid Empire, Susa and Persepolis. From cuneiform texts, other such roads are known.
Detailed explanation-2: -Constructed under the command of Achaemenid King Darius I in the 5th Century BC it connected major cities from Susa, South West Iran, to Sardis, modern-day Manisa.
Detailed explanation-3: -To go from the capital of Susa directly to Sardis one would travel over the Tigris River, Euphrates River, and the Halys River.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first long-distance road was what later became the Persian Royal Road, running about 1, 500 miles (2, 414 km) from Susa (the ancient Persian capital) through Anatolia (now Turkey) to the Aegean Sea.