WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

PERSIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was the development of roads started by Darius so important?
A
They helped change the way people perceived (viewed) the world. The world was now more safe and secure and good roads made it easier for people from different regions to interact with one another.
B
They helped in developing skyscrapers for the big urban cities in the Americas
C
They bridged together Africa and Antarctica
D
They were very decorative and attracted tourists from all over the world
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Darius organized the empire by dividing it into administrative provinces that were governed by satraps. He organized Achaemenid coinage as a new uniform monetary system, and made Aramaic a co-official language of the empire alongside Persian.

Detailed explanation-3: -He Built Mighty Palaces And Royal Roads. To keep the Achaemenid Empire running efficiently, Darius the Great built on Persia’s existing infrastructure. Perhaps the most impressive of these projects was the Royal Road.

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