A system of roads to facilitate communications and trade.
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He built the Royal Roads
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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.
Cyrus the Great and his successors Darius the Great and Artaxerxes.
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.