I think the word you're looking for is "preceded" because nothing has precluded passports. They are still in use and nobody ever stopped them from being used.

This question gets asked in this sub regularly. You might be interested in this answer from /u/deskset from a month ago, or this answer from /u/Jan_van_Bergen from a year ago, or this thread from two years ago with answers from /u/ombudsmen and /u/cww.