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This is true for more places than many realize. Japan, Italy, and Germany are all 19th century (in some cases very LATE 19th) inventions.
by TylerE 4y ago
This is true for more places than many realize. Japan, Italy, and Germany are all 19th century (in some cases very LATE 19th) inventions.
- PestoDiRucola 4y agoI don't know about Japan, but this is certainly not the case for Italy and Germany. Even though they might have started existing as political entities in the late 19th century, the idea of "Germany" or "Italy" existed long before that. To give you an example, both Dante and Machiavelli mention an idea of a unified state for Italians. Not to mention the Roman home province of "Italia" which corresponds more or less with today's Italy.