The Persian Royal Road was an ancient road built by the Persian king Darius I V century a. C. Dario built the road to facilitate rapid communication through its vast empire stretching from Susa to Sardis . Couriers could travel 2,699 km in seven days. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote, "There is nothing in the world that travels faster than these Persian couriers." Herodotus also said of these messengers "Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor gloom of night will prevent them from fulfilling the obligation that they have been entrusted to the highest possible speed" .
The route of the Camino Real Persian has been reconstructed from the writings of Herodotus, the archaeological and other historical sources. It began in the west in Sardis (about 60 miles east of Izmir in modern Turkey), was heading east, through what is now north-central section of Turkey, to the ancient Assyrian capital Nineveh (now Mosul, Iraq). Then continued south to Babylon (now Baghdad, Iraq).
Near Babylon, is believed to be divided into two portions, one that is directed toward the northeast and then west through Ecbatana and along the Silk Road. The other went to the east, through of the future capital of the Persian empire, Susa , (now Iran ) and then southeast to Persepolis .
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