When did passports, national IDs, human documentation 1st start?”
I guess at 450BC it was hardly the norm to get a letter from your king accepting safe passage! In any case,… The term “passport” likely derives from a medieval document required to pass through the gate (“porte”) of a city wall…. On the whole, documents were not required for travel to sea ports, which were considered open trading points, but documents were required to travel inland from sea ports. During World War I, European governments had an interest in keeping out spies, etc…. so passports were required at borders. After the war, controls … became standard procedure, though not without controversy. British tourists of the 1920s complained, especially about attached photographs and physical descriptions. So there you go… After a bit of a search I ended up finding the above answer at wikipedia!!
