historical boundaries
Old territorial lines
Historical boundaries are the borders or dividing lines between territories, nations, or regions as they existed at some point in the past.
These may refer to political borders that have since changed due to wars, treaties, or the dissolution of states, or to older demarcations like tribal lands and colonial territories.
The term often appears in discussions of territorial disputes, where parties invoke historical boundaries to support competing claims.
The treaty restored the historical boundaries that existed before the invasion.
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- borderlandTerritory at a boundary
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- frontierEdge of settlement
colonization · colonial powers · annexation · treaty · language · empire · ancient kingdom · line · natural border · buffer state · buffer zone · province · ethnic enclave · demilitarized zone · iron curtain · ethnicity · trade route · Westphalia
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