[DOC] [TLE] Cyrus The Great [PAR] As the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, one of Cyrus' objectives was to ... the 
first postal system in the world, and this must have helped with intra-Empire 
communications. ... Cyrus' spectacular conquests triggered the age of Empire 
Building, ... a Zoroastrian emperor like Cyrus the Great allowing a conquered 
people like... [DOC] [TLE] Royal Road - Wikipedia [PAR] The map of Achaemenid Empire and the section of the Royal Road noted by 
Herodotus. The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by 
the Persian king Darius the Great (Darius I) of the first (Achaemenid) Persian ... 
This route was used by couriers to deliver messages to the Persian capital. 
However... [DOC] [TLE] Achaemenid Empire - Wikipedia [PAR] The Achaemenid Empire also called the First Persian Empire, was an empire 
based in Western Asia, founded by Cyrus the Great, notable ... The Mausoleum at 
Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was ..... in 522 
BC by Darius the Great (Darius I) (Old Persian Dryavu, "who holds firm the 
good",... [DOC] [TLE] Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia [PAR] Cyrus II of Persia commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also called Cyrus the 
Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, 
the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the .... The eponymous 
founder of this dynasty was Achaemenes (from Old Persian Haxmani). [DOC] [TLE] Achaemenid Empire, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes the ... [PAR] 550-330 BCE), sometimes known as First Persian Empire, was an empire in 
Southwest ... and for instituting infrastructures such as a postal system, road 
systems, and the .... Herodotus claims that when Cyrus the Great was ten years 
old, it was .... using the technique of building earthworks to breach the walls of 
besieged... [DOC] [TLE] THE ANCIENT PERSIA (IRAN) - ESL Forums - English Club [PAR] Dec 25, 2006 ... Cyrus the Great was the first Achaemenian Emperor. ... He structured the empire 
under the satrapy system (similar to national ... Pony Express mail delivery 
resembled the original Persian design. .... The building consisted of one spacious 
room whose roof was .... The western iwan also had 24 columns. [DOC] [TLE] Xerxes I - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Xerxes is celebrated for his many building projects throughout his empire but is 
best ... He was the son of Darius the Great (550-486 BCE) who, in an effort to 
punish ... The Persians were defeated by the Greek forces at the Battle of 
Marathon in ... the army so that he would have at least one son to care for him in 
his old age... [DOC] [TLE] A brief History Timeline of Persia all from the origin of human ... [PAR] Predynastic Era, Median Dynasty, Achaemenid Dynasty, Alexander's ... The 
ancient capital city of Susa is mentioned in the Old Testament as the place where 
.... The ceremonial cloth is set up in each household. .... This was the system, 
which Cyrus the Great built and the first humane Federal Empire of its kind in the 
world. [DOC] [TLE] Achaemenid Empire - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Like all nomadic peoples lacking police and law courts, a code of honour was 
central to ... One of the regions whose tribes paid tribute to the Medes was Persia, 
which lay ... This earned Cyrus a glowing write-up in the Old Testament as well 
as ... Xerxes carried himself more loftily still than Darius and, with two great 
empire... [DOC] [TLE] Ten of the greatest: Historical conquerors | Daily Mail Online [PAR] Sep 4, 2010 ... From Alexander The Great's campaign which stretched from Greece to ... At one 
point Atilla offered to marry the Western Emperor's sister, but ... The laws that 
followed were relatively just and he set up pillars with ... Cyrus The Great became 
the first emperor of Persia, uniting the tribal Medes and Persians... [DOC] [TLE] From Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran - History of Iran Timeline [PAR] 559-530 BC -- Cyrus the Great

Question: For the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great set up a mail delivery system similar to this Old West one
Answer: the Pony Express