Also, did you know that the Persian Royal Road was its precursor?

此外，你知道波斯御道是它的前身吗？

The Persian Royal Road ran from Susa to the Mediterranean Sea and on to Turkey.

波斯御道从苏萨一直延伸到地中海，最后到达土耳其。

And in 130 BCE, the Silk Road was opened, incorporating the Persian Royal Road as one of the main routes traveled on.

公元前 130 年，丝绸之路开通，将波斯御道作为主要路线之一。

Although the more common and recognizable term is still the Silk Road, before there was the Silk Road there was the Persian Royal Road, which was established by the Achaemenid Empire between around 550 to 330 BCE.

虽然更常见和更容易识别的术语仍然是 Silk Road，但在丝绸之路出现之前有波斯御道，这条路是由阿契美尼德帝国在公元前 550 年到 330 年之间建立的。