Eli5 How did ancient and medieval borders work?
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It depended on the authority, on the time period, and also which border. The Assyrian Empire didn’t enforce their borders 3500 years ago in order to make cross-border trade easier. The Roman Empire fiercely defended their northern borders and conveniently made them follow two of Europe’s greatest rivers, but they didn’t care where their jurisdiction ended in the south, because south of Roman Africa was the Sahara Desert.
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