Subject: Re: oldest purely &#39;fiat&#39; international boundary?<br/>
Date: Dec 05, 2001 @ 02:20<br/>
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1225764884">just to be sure what you mean  david<br/>
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would this include any straight line segment between any 2 markers<br/>
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& do you care whether it is still on an extant boundary<br/>
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  because i imagine parts of many ancient walls would qualify<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., David Mark &lt;dmark@g...&gt; wrote:<br/>
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&gt; What do you think is the oldest example of a purely &quot;fiat&quot; international<br/>
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&gt; boundary? A purely fiat boudnary is one which is drawn independently of<br/>
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&gt; any features on the earth&#39;s surface-- a straight line, an arc of a circle,<br/>
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&gt; etc.  Can anyone give an example of such a boundary from ancient times?<br/>
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&gt; By international we mean a boundary between two independent kingdoms or<br/>
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&gt; realms. Negotiated, demarked boudnaries that follow drainage divides or<br/>
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&gt; rivers don&#39;t count. I suspect that the Romans had them, perhaps earlier<br/>
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&gt; groups, but cannot cite an example. My colleague suggests that they began<br/>
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&gt; in the &#39;colonial&#39; period of the last 500-600 years. (The oldest of thise<br/>
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&gt; would be interesting too.)<br/>
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&gt; David </span></blockquote></div>