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[–]EuropeanAwakening14 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That depends on how you define "nation". If a nation is members of an ethnic group who are represented by a sovereign state, then yes, nationalism has existed throughout human history. I'm taking a Keith Woods approach here.

https://odysee.com/nations-their-long-history-deep-roots:339ded8a795b38d541474668b4c6a074b9bb1e36

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think that Woods and Davis are correct on this issue. Obviously, nationalism is very important today, but historically it emerged as a modern, antitraditional phenomenon. Ethnic loyalty, on the other hand, predates history itself, and served as the premodern, but also more cohesive, basis for modern nationalism.