The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

The world as we know it is made up of 193 countries, Antarctica, and a host of smaller territories.

However, between all of those places are the high seas or international waters, which are not controlled by anybody. But where do

international waters begin? What can you do in international waters? And how close can you actually

sail to another country? Learn more about the law of the sea, how it was created, and what it

stipulates on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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When humans first started sailing on the seas, there were effectively no rules.

On land, kings and emperors wrote laws that could determine what could and couldn't be done. The sea, however, was a state of anarchy. And I do mean anarchy in the very literal

sense of the word. There were no laws or rules governing what could happen on the high seas. And if there

were, there were absolutely no ways to enforce them. Eventually, over time,

customs and traditions were developed that covered nautical issues in maritime disputes.

Becoming a sailor meant possibly years of training, which involved learning the customs and

traditions developed for sailing on the high seas. I've done many episodes where some modern

innovation or tradition actually began in ancient Rome.

In the case of maritime law, that is not the case at all, which is actually rather odd.

The Romans eventually controlled all the territory surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, yet they never

developed any explicit set of laws

regarding the high seas. They did have laws regarding shipping and insurance, but that was about it.

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