Persia use to have large borders about time people plant flags and damn the torpedoes
Human evolution and perpetual warfare
“Border disputes between the countries, which set off the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, have become more common in recent months as Iraq has moved to sell development rights to fields near the Iranian border, including Fakka.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html