Fill in the Blanks completarOnline version En la siguiente actividad, deberá completar diez palabras en inglés sobre el tema: medios de comunicación by Maria Guaitero Diaz 1 communication communication postal system postal empire Middle events service letters The word media is defined as " one of the means or channels of general , information , or entertainment in society , as newspapers , radio or television . " [ 4 ] The beginning of human communication through designed channels , i . e . not vocalization or gestures , dates back to ancient cave paintings , drawn maps , and writing . The Persian Empire ( centred on present - day Iran ) played an important role in the field of communication . It has the first real mail or system , which is said to have been developed by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great ( c . 550 BC ) after his conquest of Media . The role of the system as an intelligence gathering apparatus is well documented , and the was ( later ) called angariae , a term that in time turned to indicate a tax system . The Old Testament ( Esther , VIII ) makes mention of this : Ahasuerus , king of Medes , used couriers for communicating his decisions . [ citation needed ] The word is derived from the Latin root communicare . This was due to the Roman Empire also devising what might be described as a mail or system , in order to centralize control of the from Rome . This allowed for personal and for Rome to gather knowledge about in its many widespread provinces . More advanced postal systems later appeared in the Islamic Caliphate and the Mongol Empire during the Ages .
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