> Westphalian corollaries of national sovereignty and diplomacy You do realize that long before Europe was 'civilized' other peoples had nations and exchanged

> Westphalian corollaries of national sovereignty and diplomacy You do realize that long before Europe was 'civilized' other peoples had nations and exchanged diplomats? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09592290108406186?journalCode=fdps20 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0959229010840618... If we were conversing in the 19th century one could excuse this sort of willful Euro-centric ignorance, but it is now well into the 21st century and information is freely available. I guess one can file this under the 'When Rome Ruled the Known World' category. Hint: What stopped that expansionist power from moving East towards Euphrates and firmly lodged to the periphery of Mediterranean?]