Subject: Re: oldest purely 'fiat' international boundary?
Date: Dec 05, 2001 @ 03:30
Author: L. A. Nadybal ("L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., David Mark <dmark@g...> wrote:
> I guess my colleague's claim is that there were few if any
demarcated
> boundaries that wandered across the landscape independent of
landscape
> features in the old days. I bet there are few walls that formed
> international boundaries.
>
> For sake of argument, let's say straight for 1 km or more.
>
> But I'd like to hear about even a curvy international birder that
did not
> follow features of the landscape such as ridges or streams.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 orc@o... wrote:
>
> > just to be sure what you mean david
> >
> > would this include any straight line segment between any 2 markers
> >
> > & do you care whether it is still on an extant boundary
> >
> > because i imagine parts of many ancient walls would qualify
> >
> > m
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> > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., David Mark <dmark@g...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > What do you think is the oldest example of a purely "fiat"
international
> >
> > > boundary? A purely fiat boudnary is one which is drawn
independently of
> >
> > > any features on the earth's surface-- a straight line, an arc of
a circle,
> >
> > > etc. Can anyone give an example of such a boundary from ancient
times?
> >
> > > By international we mean a boundary between two independent
kingdoms or
> >
> > > realms. Negotiated, demarked boudnaries that follow drainage
divides or
> >
> > > rivers don't count. I suspect that the Romans had them, perhaps
earlier
> >
> > > groups, but cannot cite an example. My colleague suggests that
they began
> >
> > > in the 'colonial' period of the last 500-600 years. (The oldest
of thise
> >
> > > would be interesting too.)
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> > >
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> > > David
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