For example, if your area of study is the Renaissance period, what would a border crossing along say, a major road, look like during that time. What kind of security would there be, what kind of documentation would you be expected to show, and how would goods be treated? Thanks in advance.
Sorry, we don't allow "example seeking" questions. It's not that your question was bad; it's that these kinds of questions tend to produce threads that are collections of disjointed, partial, inadequate responses. If you have a question about a specific historical event, period, or person, feel free to rewrite your question and submit it again. If you don't want to rewrite it, you might try submitting it to /r/history, /r/askhistory, or /r/tellmeafact.
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