The vast Achaemenid Empire, spanning from the Indus Valley to the Aegean Sea, possessed secrets that continue to confound scholars even today. Their impressive networks, like the Royal Road, attested their complex understanding of engineering and logistics. Moreover, their alphabet allowed a complex system of governance across such a enormous terri

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