Westphalian borders in the sense of the Westphalian states. Aka, each of the countries ends at a defined and demarcated line instead of areas of influences. You could think of it as “modern borders”. I don't know if the term is also used in English, but last time I posted it (on Reddit) nobody questioned it, asked about that part, I learnt it at the university in my geography course.
I used to makes a lot of maps like this or using a GIS of variable quality, interest and end result.
Also, I didn't check if I made some spelling / grammatical mistakes back then on this one, but since the word count is low it should be fine, even if I messed up with fewer.
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The_other_fish@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
"The sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now"
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y
That's just where he lives.
Klear@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I wonder what the Swahili on the Swahili coast think of that, after becoming the Swahili on the Swahili coast.
daerion@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
Why did you call them westphalian borders in the graphic? What's the connection between Westphalia and Oman here?
tomydenger@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Westphalian borders in the sense of the Westphalian states. Aka, each of the countries ends at a defined and demarcated line instead of areas of influences. You could think of it as “modern borders”. I don't know if the term is also used in English, but last time I posted it (on Reddit) nobody questioned it, asked about that part, I learnt it at the university in my geography course.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
It is Wikipedia – Westphalian system.
daerion@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
I genuinely didn't know that is a general term. Thanks for clarifying!
tomydenger@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I used to makes a lot of maps like this or using a GIS of variable quality, interest and end result. Also, I didn't check if I made some spelling / grammatical mistakes back then on this one, but since the word count is low it should be fine, even if I messed up with fewer.
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
I guess they needed boats to control these coastal areas. Many boats