DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDid Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareDid Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoI imagine the issue wasn’t so much migrating itself, but the question of how do you feed yourself and your family in the new land? 500 years ago most people were farmers. So you had to possess some land to have food. So, where do you get that land from?
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoAlso language. It’s not so easy to find a translator in the old world.
I imagine the issue wasn’t so much migrating itself, but the question of how do you feed yourself and your family in the new land?
500 years ago most people were farmers. So you had to possess some land to have food. So, where do you get that land from?
Also language. It’s not so easy to find a translator in the old world.