Did they really have the same importance at this point in time?
if the answer is no...
perhaps we should look at them this way.. with the inventions of things like the telegraph, steamships (carrying passengers to visit more frequently), etc. We could look at them as a sort of "open connection" between the nations. It would lend credence to the ability to see whats going on in those countries. It would also make sense that if the two nations were at war those ties would be severed.
the only reason I bring it up at all is I am reaching some events in Brittish history regarding the telegraph line under the channel and stuff, and it caused me to think about this...
thoughts?
if the answer is no...
perhaps we should look at them this way.. with the inventions of things like the telegraph, steamships (carrying passengers to visit more frequently), etc. We could look at them as a sort of "open connection" between the nations. It would lend credence to the ability to see whats going on in those countries. It would also make sense that if the two nations were at war those ties would be severed.
the only reason I bring it up at all is I am reaching some events in Brittish history regarding the telegraph line under the channel and stuff, and it caused me to think about this...
thoughts?