Tue., 3/10

Do Now—Exercise 37A—Your answer:

Answer the following questions with one complete sentence each:

1) For whom was the Royal Road built and why were the cities it connected important?

2) What dotted the royal road and why?

Read p. 514, ¶ 4 (last paragraph) for help.

Read:

p. 519 – p. 522, ¶ 2

p. 522, ¶ 4 – p. 525, ¶ 3

HW—Exercise 37A—Model answer:

The Royal Road was built for Darius of Persia to connect Susa, the old Elamite capital, to Sardis, the old Lydian capital which had become his secondary center of administration. The Royal Road was dotted with post stations for the change of horses so that messages could travel quickly across the empire.