Chasqui
The railways arrived in el peru in 1871, but as a means of lines of communication what's more impressive is the 15th century Inca's 'chasqui'- the chasquis were agile and highly-trained runners that delivered messages dispatched along thousands of miles of purpose-built roads by a relay system. This allowed them to convey messages over extremely long distances within a very short period of time- a message could be delivered from Cusco to Quito in Ecuador within a week!
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