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Even more so when you consider those borders were invented in the last century.
by s3m4j 8y ago
Even more so when you consider those borders were invented in the last century.
- strictnein 8y agoHeck of a lot of Europe's borders were invented in the last century as well. https://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/1900/index.html https://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/1900/index.html
- jessaustin 8y agoEurope had its share of violence too, perhaps that's one reason why?
- JamesLeonis 8y agoI believe the poster was referring to England and France being party to a secret agreement to partition the Ottoman Empire after World War I, despite overtly backing Arab revolt with promises of independence.
- s3m4j 8y agoThat was what I was referring to indeed. Our borders in Europe have also been drawn up "artificially" (borders as a concept did not exist until relatively recently anyway), but there's quite a difference between two foreign countries imposing themselves and europeeans conflicts settling their own borders.
- knz 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement for those interested.