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Even the first sentence hints in that direction. "A timeline of your country’s whole history stretching back to its inception" would be fairly short for almost
by kqr 3y ago
Even the first sentence hints in that direction. "A timeline of your country’s whole history stretching back to its inception" would be fairly short for almost all countries unless the label is applied retroactively to multiple coexisting more-and-less intertwined local centres of influence.
The nation-state is a very recent idea.
- 082349872349872 3y agoEven in North America, the amusement park "Six Flags over Texas"[0] points out that economic regions endure while nations[1] change. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_flags_over_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_flags_over_Texas [1] To be fair it looks like Austin has only had 5 flags flying over it, counting from the earliest Missions.