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The first credible claim for the development of a real postal system comes from Persia (present day Iran) but the point of invention remains in question. The best documented claim (Xenophon) attributes the invention to the Persian King Cyrus the Great (550 BC), while other writers credit his successor Darius I of Persia (521 BC). Other sources claim much earlier dates for an Assyrian postal system, with credit given to Hammurabi (1700 BC) and Sargon II (722 BC). Mail may not have been the primary mission of this postal service, however. The role of the system as an intelligence gathering apparatus is well documented, and the service was (later) called angariae, a term that in time turned to indicate a tax system. The Old Testament (Esther, VIII) makes mention of this system: Ahasuerus, king of Medes, used couriers for communicating his decisions.
The Persian system worked on stations (called Chapar-Khane), where the message carrier (called Chapar) would ride to the next post, whereupon he would swap his horse with a fresh one, for maximum performance and delivery speed. Herodotus described the system in this way: "It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day's journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed".
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Who invented postal service first?
Sir Rowland Hill invented the first postal service
What year was the postal service invented?
It would depend on which country you are referring to.
Which postal service was introduced in 1986?
speed postal service
What is the proper noun of postal service?
United States Postal Service
When was Indian Postal Service created?
Indian Postal Service was created in 1764.
What year was the postal service invented in?
Postal services have been in existance for many centuries. The Romans would send messengers long distances. The Incas had a systerm of runners to deliver messeges.
How do you become a contractor for the US postal service?
How do you become a contractor for the US postal service?
Which postal service is used in Puerto Rico?
United States Postal Service and UPS
What is the abbvreviation for US postal service?
The United States Postal Service is abbreviated USPS.
What start with a p and ended with an 'e' and has thousands of letters?
Postal service
Which postal service companies provide postal tracking abilities?
United States Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, and UPS are all postal service companies that provide tracking number abilities because the are all delivery service businesses.
What is the population of United States Postal Service?
United States Postal Service's population is 574,001.
