The question is "WERE there roads in the Persian empire".
The simple answer is no, the Persians only had dirt paths they travelled on but not "roads" by definition being a paved path. The Romans invented roads.
darius used some of persian's great wealth to build roads across the empire
He built the Royal Roads
A system of roads to facilitate communications and trade.
They had posting houses dotted along them to provide horses for couriers.
It was a courier system, by roads and by sea for official use.
darius used some of persian's great wealth to build roads across the empire
He built the Royal Roads
A system of roads to facilitate communications and trade.
They had posting houses dotted along them to provide horses for couriers.
It was a courier system, by roads and by sea for official use.
The Empire was expanded by Cyrus the Great , its founder. It was further expanded into Africa by his son Cambyses, and then rounded out by Darius I. The roads were built progressively by them and their successor kings.
He divide the Persian Empire into provinces each headed by a governor called a "satrap." To encourage unity he hundreds of miles of roads built or repaired. It made it easier to communicate with different parts of the empire.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire