Most of the world’s constitutions haven’t been around all that long. This chart shows the oldest existing ones. Why do you think so many of these were created around the same time?
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The Oldest Constitutions
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King John put his royal seal on the United Kingdom’s Magna Carta in 1215.
SOURCE: Comparative Constitutions Project
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