History of borders | Open Borders: The Case

This page links to resources, including Open Borders blog posts and external resources, about borders and their role throughout human history.

Ancient Greece: Read about Metics or take a look at Nathan Smith’s blog post Metics in Ancient Greece.
Roman Empire: Read Nathan Smith’s blog post America, the Roman Empire, and Barbarian Invasions.
Early US: Why was immigration freer in 19th century USA? by Vipul Naik and The Golden Age of Immigration by Bryan Caplan.
History and (arguably) mythology: The Old Testament on Immigration by Nathan Smith.
Open borders through history: See Nathan Smith’s blog post Are Open Borders Utopian? and Someone should write A History of Borders.

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