Royal Road
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The Royal Road was an ancient highway that linked key cities across the Persian Empire, enabling rapid communication, trade, and military movement over vast distances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Road canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient highway
ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ road ⓘ |
| approximateLength |
about 1,677 miles
ⓘ
about 2,700 kilometers ⓘ |
| connects |
Babylon
ⓘ
Ecbatana ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ Persepolis ⓘ Sardis ⓘ Susa ⓘ key cities of the Persian Empire ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| crosses |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian Plateau
Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| developedUnder |
Darius I of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Darius I
|
| enables |
efficient imperial administration
ⓘ
integration of distant provinces ⓘ |
| endPoint | Susa ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
The Royal Road
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Road of the Achaemenids
|
| hasFeature |
posting stations
ⓘ
relay stations ⓘ royal couriers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid period
|
| inspired | later imperial road systems ⓘ |
| knownFromSource | Herodotus ⓘ |
| languageOfEmpire | Old Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
Iran
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid administration
|
| partOf | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| region |
Middle East
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
|
| significance |
enabled rapid transmission of royal decrees
ⓘ
facilitated control over a vast empire ⓘ promoted long-distance trade ⓘ |
| startPoint | Sardis ⓘ |
| travelTimeByCourier | about 7 days between Sardis and Susa ⓘ |
| travelTimeOnFoot | about 3 months between Sardis and Susa ⓘ |
| usedBy |
merchants
ⓘ
military forces ⓘ royal messengers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military movement
ⓘ
rapid communication ⓘ trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.