a brief history of borders

We take it for granted that every single person on the Earth has to be a citizen of a nation state, but that's an incredibly recent idea", says Steve Granham, IBRU's academic director.
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"The national border wan't invented until about the 15th or 16th century in Europe and much, much, later in the rest of the world, often after de Second World War and tied to the independence of the colonies", he continues.
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"So while there might be talk of a 'boradless world' in Europe, African and Asian coutries are having to contend with the ploriferation of borders imposed on their own 'bordless world' just 50 years ago.

[ Geographical Magazine ]