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Imagining of a bustling Persian Caravansarai (rest stop primarily for caravans) (infosec.pub)
submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Persians invented the highway truck stop.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Better refreshments, I'm sure

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am assuming it wasn't that packed all the time?

Thanks for posting!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

It would probably be pretty sparsely occupied most of the time, but when a big caravan goes through, well, that's what it's there for!