Переведите текст in the ancient world there were thousands of foot messengers who formed an ancient communication network. one of the most famous messengers in history was a greek soldier. he ran to athens to bring the news of the greek victory over the persian. when he got to athens and gave the news, he fell dead of exhaustion . he had covered a distance of 26 miles. in honour of that soldier, sportsmen nowadays run the same distance — a marathon. when the telephone invented in 1876 everybody thought that it to be a real miracle. the telephone and the telegraph were the fastest means of communication that people could imagine. in the 19 century people used to say: we have invented everything we could . as we know today it is just the benning. in the middle ages life was hard and dangerous. it was very important to have good neighbours and to get news quickly. so people used the high towers of their castles to send and receive messages about the enemies. american indians didn't build high towers but used smoke signals to send important information.
В Средневековье жизнь была тяжела и опасна. Было очень важно иметь хороших соседей и получать новости быстро.Люди использовали высокие башни своих замков, чтобы отправлять и получать сообщения о врагах. Американские индейцы не строили высокие башни, но использовали сигналы дыма для того, чтобы передать важную информацию.