The roads connected various parts of the Empire making it faster and easier to deliver messages to the various parts, important in a pre-mechanical transport and electronic era.
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The empire would take the roads easily past Persia
They provided a relatively quick means of communication by horse courier in a pre-mechanical and pre-electronics age. They also provided, together with coastal and riverine shipping, and improved avenue for commercial transport.
They had posting houses dotted along them to provide horses for couriers.
The question is "WERE there roads in the Persian empire". The simple answer is no, the Persians only had dirt paths they travelled on but not "roads" by definition being a paved path. The Romans invented roads.
Roads in the Aztec era were well-kept and often paved. Regular resting places were provided. Since the Aztecs did not know the wheel and did not have draft animals, the roads were used for travel on foot