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.
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
NERFINISHED
→
|
| crosses |
Anatolia
→
Iranian Plateau → Mesopotamia → |
| developedUnder |
Darius I
NERFINISHED
→
|
| enables |
efficient imperial administration
→
integration of distant provinces → |
| endPoint |
Susa
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Royal Road of the Achaemenids
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|
| hasFeature |
posting stations
→
relay stations → royal couriers → |
| historicalPeriod |
Achaemenid period
→
|
| inspired |
later imperial road systems
→
|
| knownFromSource |
Herodotus
→
|
| languageOfEmpire |
Old Persian
→
|
| locatedIn |
Persian Empire
NERFINISHED
→
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
Iran
→
Iraq → Syria → Turkey → |
| maintainedBy |
Achaemenid administration
→
|
| partOf |
Achaemenid Empire
→
|
| region |
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 (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Achaemenid Empire
→
|
transportInfrastructure |