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Question about 'nations' as a concept in history - how old are they?

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Benedict Anderson States that chiefest of the paradoxes that have perplexed many theorists is "the objective modernity of nations to the historians' eye vs. their subjective antiquity in the eyes of nationalists." In what sense are nations 'modern'?

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Seeking advice on royal family trees for a historical fiction.

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Is Goetze's work on Hittite civilisation still considered reasonably good?

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Question about 'nations' as a concept in history - how old are they?	15
Benedict Anderson States that chiefest of the paradoxes that have perplexed many theorists is "the objective modernity of nations to the historians' eye vs. their subjective antiquity in the eyes of nationalists." In what sense are nations 'modern'?	7
Seeking advice on royal family trees for a historical fiction.	1
Is Goetze's work on Hittite civilisation still considered reasonably good?	1