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What was Darius's 2,700 km highway called?
Answer: Royal Road
Why: The route had 111 royal staging posts and took about 90 days to cover on the march.
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What language did Darius's officials use from Egypt to Afghanistan?
Answer: Aramaic
Why: The Aramaic script these officials wrote is the ancestor of the modern Hebrew alphabet.
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Which Roman emperor did Shapur I capture?
Answer: Valerian
Why: A rock relief at Naqsh-e Rostam, near Persepolis, shows Shapur on horseback gripping the captive Valerian by the wrist.
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Which board game came to Persia from India?
Answer: Chess
Why: The chess call 'check' goes back, through Arabic, to the Persian word shah, meaning king.
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Which Greek city fought for Xerxes at Plataea?
Answer: Thebes
Why: Greeks had a word for siding with Persia, medism, taken from the name of the Medes.
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Who had an ancient canal dug from the Nile to the Red Sea?
Answer: Darius the Great
Why: Darius's canal, a forerunner of the modern Suez Canal, ran east from the Nile through the Wadi Tumilat.
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