7.1 - Nations and Nationalism

Armenian genocide (1915 - 1917)
- Conscious attempt by Turks to eliminate Armenians
- 800k - 1.5 million died
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 - 1938)
- Helped unite modern Turkey
caste
- Social classes
Patrick Ivanovich Gordon (1635 - 1699)
- Scottish Soldier & Admiral
- Helped Peter the Great consolidate power in Russia
- Also served in Sweden & Poland
Hajj pilgrimage
- brings diverse muslims together
Macartney Mission (1792-93)
- British went to China to ask the Qing empire to open up to the outside world
- Diplomatic mission
- Qing said "no thanks"
modernist national identity
- modern states' influence national identities
- Italy, Germany, US, Yugoslavia
- All nations are created
Gamal Adbel Nasser (1918 - 1970)
- Father of modern Egypt
- Fought against imperial powers
- Modernized
- Wanted to unite Arab people
Matthew C. Perry
- US naval commander
- Brought ships to Japan in 1852-54 to try to trade with Japanese
primordial national identity
- essential
- born with nationalism
- some connection to an ancient past
  - egypt, greece, china, japan