What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts? Crash Course Geography #37

Today, we’re going to take a closer look at borders and the stories they tell. When we look at a map, the shapes we’re seeing can seem so permanent, but a map is just a snapshot of the Earth at a particular time, and by looking a countries shape (and how it has changed across time) we can learn so much about how power moves and the ebb and flow of conflict. We’ll talk about the different types of borders, and power dynamics at play in Armenia and Azerbaijan and even look to the oceans as we explore conflict in the South China Sea.

SOURCES

General

Getis, Bjelland, and Getis. Introduction to Geography, 15 ed. McGraw-Hill Education. 2017. ISBN: 978-1-259-57000-1
Gregory, Derek, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, Michael Watts, and Sarah Whatmore, eds. 2009. The Dictionary of Human Geography. 5th ed. Willey-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-4051-3288-6
For a free and open source option for Intro to Human Geography, see:
For a free and open source option for World Regional Geography, see:
Cracking the AP Human Geography Exam: 2020 edition. The Princeton Review.

South China Sea

Armenian/Azerbaijan Conflicts

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[tekuaniaakab]

This is a very important topic to tackle, as some of the most important conflicts in the world in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East arose from colonial powers imposing borders without taking into account real ethnic, religious, or cultural boundaries

[lsktvnetwork]

Am a geography student in Zambia.. and I find crush course geography very helpful. Thank you for wonderful lessons
.please keep it up

[SamirMammadovSamirAhadoglu]

Thank you for covering the Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict and how it shaped the borders.

As someone from the region, I would like to let you know that Nakhchivan became an exclave because Zangezur - a territory in between Azerbaijan's Karabakh and Nakhchivan regions was given to Armenia during the USSR. It was done by the USSR to make sure Azerbaijanis - ethnic Turkic people do not share direct border with Turkey.

Regards from Azerbaijan.

[artintsaturyan]

Thank you for shining a light on what’s happening in Armenian! Love the channel keep up the great work!

[jmarsh]

I came here for another installment of Alize's colourful patterned shirts, bit disappointed really! In all seriousness, another top notch series from CC. And Alize's love of the subject transcends the screen too, adding another exciting chapter to the CC canon. Well done Crash Course. And rock on fellow Nerdfighters.

[pendragon]

I love the topic of how maps are so political! Great presentation, Alize!

[AlejandroColeteMoya]

So far, one of the most interesting episodes of the series

[milindntrivedi]

Love watching these, thank you 🙏🏼 to all the creators

[Poollz]

Such an interesting and eye opening topic, I really enjoy this crash course!

[ysraelm.dumadara]

Thank you Alize Carrere and Crash Course for creating this and widening my love for geography since i was a kid. 🙂🙂🙂😍😍

[camiloiribarren]

This is great knowledge for anyone who’s traveling across the world. It is important To know the borders and customs of countries because history tells a lot

[pgt]

Thank you for acknowledging the Luzon Sea/West Philippine Sea dispute

[gsvick]

I think the map at 6:18 is quite confusing. I *think* the red is supposed to highlight countries where borders changed after the fall of the Soviet Union. But because there's only one name on the map, it makes it appear like East Germany, Czechoslovakia and even Yugoslavia were part of Soviet Union. I expect better from a series that focuses on maps.

[culwin]

7:17 props for coloring in Kaliningrad

[ThePhoenixpaw]

Also, try using a VPM to check how the Chinese and Indian borders shift depending on from which country you're viewing the map.

[NGBigfield]

Balkinzation is named after what happened to the Balkans after the collapse of Yugoslavia?

[HappyGrower]

I've never heard it referred to as "Luzon Sea." The Philippine government refers to it as "West Philippine Sea."

[grapeshot]

Yeah my mom's youngest brother in the early 80s he was stationed along Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie. When he was serving in the Berlin Brigade US Army.

[kentheengineer]

8:28 😂 thats Hilarious wait until i tell my niece about this

[theoneilovemost]

I'm surprised there's been little to no mention of the Israel Palestine conflict.