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The map of Achaemenid Empire and the Royal Road.
The map of Achaemenid Empire and the Royal Road.

The Persian Royal Road was an ancient highway built by the Persian king Darius I of Achaemenid Empire in the 5th Century BC. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Darius I the Great (c 549 BC&ndash486 BC 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavahuš: "Possessing goodness" Having ascended to power amidst controversy and bloodshed The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenid Persian Empire ( haχɒmaneʃijɒn (558–330 BC was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. Darius built the road to facilitate rapid communication throughout his very large empire from Susa to Sardis. Susa ( Biblical שושן ( Shushan) also Greek: Σοῦσα Transliterated as Sousa; Latin Susa) Sardis, also Sardes ( Lydian: Sfard, Greek: Σάρδεις, Persian: Sparda) modern Sart in These couriers could travel 1,677 miles (2,699 km) in seven days. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote, "There is nothing in the world that travels faster than these Persian couriers. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash " Herodotus' praise for these messengers — "neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor darkness of night prevents these couriers from completing their designated stages with utmost speed" — is the inspiration for the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service. [1]

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Course of the Royal Road

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Amber Road · Hærvejen . A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo The Amber Road was an ancient Trade route for the transfer of Amber. Hærvejen ( Danish, literally the army road, German: Ochsenweg, literally oxroad) is the name given to an Ancient trackway Incense Route
Kamboja-Dvaravati Route . The Incense Route or the Incense Road was a series of major ancient trading routes stretching across Egypt to India through Arabia. Kamboja-Dvaravati Route was the name of an ancient high road running from the port of Dvaraka in Anarta ( Gujarat) in western India to Kamboja King's Highway
Roman-India routes . The King’s Highway was a Trade route of vital importance to the ancient Middle East. Roman trade with India through the overland caravan routes via Anatolia and Persia though at a relative trickle comparative to later times antedated the southern trade route via the Red Royal Road
Silk Road · Spice Route . The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, are an extensive interconnected network of Trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East South and Western Asia with the Spice trade is a commercial activity of ancient origin which involves the merchandising of Spices and Herbs. Tea route
Varangians to the Greeks · Via Maris
Triangular trade . The Ancient Tea Route ( Simplified Chinese: 茶马古道 Traditional Chinese: 茶馬古道 was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks (Путь «из варяг в греки» Put iz varyag v greki) was a Trade route, which connected Scandinavia Via Maris is the modern name for an ancient Trade route, dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Triangular trade is a historical term indicating Trade between three ports or regions Volga trade route
Trans-Saharan trade . In the Middle Ages, the Volga trade route connected Northern Europe and Northwestern Russia with the Caspian Sea, via the Volga River Trans-Saharan trade is trade across the Sahara between Mediterranean countries and West Africa. Salt Route
Hanseatic League . The Old Salt Route (German Alte Salzstraße) was a medieval trade route in northern Germany for the transport of salt. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade Grand Trunk Road

The course of the road has been reconstructed from the writings of Herodotus, archeological research, and other historical records. The Grand Trunk Road (commonly abbreviated to GT Road is one of South Asia 's oldest and longest major roads Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos It began in the west in Sardis (about 60 miles east of İzmir in present-day Turkey), traveled east through what is now the middle northern section of Turkey to the old Assyrian capital Nineveh (present-day Mosul, Iraq), then traveled south to Babylon (present-day Baghdad, Iraq). Sardis, also Sardes ( Lydian: Sfard, Greek: Σάρδεις, Persian: Sparda) modern Sart in İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture Nineveh ( Akkadian: Ninua; Aramaic: ܢܝܢܘܐ Hebrew נינוה Nīnewē; Arabic نينوى Naīnuwa) For the village in Azerbaijan see Mosul Azerbaijan. Mosul (الموصل Al Mūṣul, Kurdish: Mosul/Ninawa, Musul For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. From near Babylon, it is believed to have split into two routes, one traveling northwest then west through Ecbatana and on along the Silk Road, the other continuing east through the future Persian capital Susa (in present-day Iran) and then southeast to Persepolis. Ecbatana ( Old Persian: Haŋgmatana, written Agbatana in Aeschylus and Herodotus, Agámtanu by Nabonidos The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, are an extensive interconnected network of Trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East South and Western Asia with the Susa ( Biblical שושן ( Shushan) also Greek: Σοῦσα Transliterated as Sousa; Latin Susa) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Persepolis ( Old Persian: Pārsa, Modern Persian: تخت جمشید/پارسه Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial

History of the Royal Road

Because the road did not follow the shortest nor the easiest route between the important cities of the Persian Empire, archeologists believe the western-most sections of the road may have originally been built by the Assyrian kings, as the road plunges through the heart of their old empire. Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture More eastern segments of the road (in present-day northern Iran) are coincident with the major trade route known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, are an extensive interconnected network of Trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East South and Western Asia with the

However, Darius I made the Royal Road as it is recognized today by improving the road bed and connecting the parts together in a unified whole, primarily as a post road; a quick mode of communication using the kingdom's pirradazis, or messengers. A post road is a road designated for the transportation of Postal mail.

The construction of the road as improved by Darius was of such quality that the road continued to be used until Roman times. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC A bridge at Diyarbakır, Turkey, still stands from this period of the road's use. Diyarbakır (دیاربکر Diyâr-i Bekr 'land of the Bekr ' (from Persian) Kurdish Amed Zazaki language Dêrbekir Syriac Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The road also helped Persia increase long distance trade, which reached its peak during the time of Alexander of Macedon. Alexander of Macedon may refer to Alexander I of Macedon (d 454 BC ruled from 498-454 BC Alexander II of Macedon (d

Cultural references to the Royal Road

Euclid is said to have replied to King Ptolemy's request for an easier way of learning mathematics that "there is no royal road to geometry"[2]. Euclid ( Greek:.) fl 300 BC also known as Euclid of Alexandria, is often referred to as the Father of Geometry For the astronomer see Ptolemy; for others named "Ptolemy" or "Ptolemaeus" see Ptolemy (disambiguation. Charles S. Peirce, in his 'How to Make Our Ideas Clear' (1878), says 'There is no royal road to logic, and really valuable ideas can only be had at the price of close attention. Charles Sanders Peirce (pronounced purse) (September 10 1839 &ndash April 19 1914 was an American Logician mathematician, philosopher ' This essay was claimed by William James as instrumental in the foundation of the philosophical school of pragmatism. Sigmund Freud also famously described dreams as the 'royal road to the unconscious'. The phrase was echoed in a modern context in the essay No Silver Bullet where Fred Brooks said of software engineering improvements: "There is no royal road, but there is a road". No Silver Bullet - Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering is a well-known paper on Software engineering written by Fred Brooks in 1986 Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr (born April 19, 1931) is a Software engineer and Computer scientist, best-known for managing the development Software engineering is the application of a systematic disciplined quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of Software.

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Part of a series on Trade routes
Amber Road | Hærvejen | Incense Route | Kamboja-Dvaravati Route | King's Highway | Roman-India routes | Royal Road | Salt Road | Siberian Route | Silk Road | Spice Route | Tea route | Varangians to the Greeks | Via Maris | Triangular trade | Volga trade route | Trans-Saharan trade | Old Salt Route | Hanseatic League | Grand Trunk Road
The Persian Corridor is the name for a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Ottoman Empire planned to construct a Baghdad Railway under German control The Trans-Iranian Railway was a major railway building project started in 1927 and finished in 1939 under the direction of the Persian monarch Reza Shah, to construct a basic See Also Persian Empire History of Iran and Greater Iran (also referred to as the " Iranian Cultural Continent The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenid Persian Empire ( haχɒmaneʃijɒn (558–330 BC was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo The Amber Road was an ancient Trade route for the transfer of Amber. Hærvejen ( Danish, literally the army road, German: Ochsenweg, literally oxroad) is the name given to an Ancient trackway The Incense Route or the Incense Road was a series of major ancient trading routes stretching across Egypt to India through Arabia. Kamboja-Dvaravati Route was the name of an ancient high road running from the port of Dvaraka in Anarta ( Gujarat) in western India to Kamboja The King’s Highway was a Trade route of vital importance to the ancient Middle East. Roman trade with India through the overland caravan routes via Anatolia and Persia though at a relative trickle comparative to later times antedated the southern trade route via the Red A Salt Road (Route du Sel is any of the prehistoric and historical Trade routes by which essential Salt has been transported to regions that The Siberian Route ( Sibirsky trakt, Сибирский тракт also known as the Moscow Route (ru ''Moskovsky trakt'' Московский тракт and The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, are an extensive interconnected network of Trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East South and Western Asia with the Spice trade is a commercial activity of ancient origin which involves the merchandising of Spices and Herbs. The Ancient Tea Route ( Simplified Chinese: 茶马古道 Traditional Chinese: 茶馬古道 was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks (Путь «из варяг в греки» Put iz varyag v greki) was a Trade route, which connected Scandinavia Via Maris is the modern name for an ancient Trade route, dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Triangular trade is a historical term indicating Trade between three ports or regions In the Middle Ages, the Volga trade route connected Northern Europe and Northwestern Russia with the Caspian Sea, via the Volga River Trans-Saharan trade is trade across the Sahara between Mediterranean countries and West Africa. The Old Salt Route (German Alte Salzstraße) was a medieval trade route in northern Germany for the transport of salt. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade The Grand Trunk Road (commonly abbreviated to GT Road is one of South Asia 's oldest and longest major roads
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