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World History

Bucky

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3. Nation-states are more stable and less violent.

Reply to RZM (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 12:20 AM

Feb 2012

The violence of the 20th C was largely a result of the shift from empire to nation-state as the political norm. Now that the nation-state has become the expected model for sovereign countries, the world is a lot less violent--despite being exponentially more crowded.

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How Empire Ruled the World [View all] RZM Jan 2012 OP

Perhaps. A lot can change in 100 years... ellisonz Jan 2012 #1

The last century has not been kind to empires, I expect that to continue. bemildred Jan 2012 #2

Nation-states are more stable and less violent. Bucky Feb 2012 #3