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Why Borders Are Where They Are
Natural, geometric, ethnic and imposed borders: rivers and mountains, the 49th parallel and straight colonial lines, the Berlin Conference, Westphalian sovereignty, partitions like India 1947, why Africa kept colonial borders, and today's disputes.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Reading maps. Next: Languages & religions on the map; The Middle East since 1918. Sources: Geography Now; Alexander Diener & Joshua Hagen, *Borders: A Very Short Introduction*; OAU Cairo resolution (1964).Next: 1. Types