2. Empire Era: Multinational Empires to “Ethnic” Based States: Central & Southern Europe
1848

3. Empires in Flux:
Pre-WWI Empires dominate but “Ethnic” Based States start: Central & Southern Europe
1914

4. Last of the Empires: Post WWI
“Ethnic”/ Multiethnic Based States except for USSR Empire: Central & Southern Europe
1924

5. The Empire Strikes Back:
Post WWII “Ethnic”/ Multiethnic Based States last days of USSR Empire: Central & Southern Europe
1989

6. Ethnicity Wins:
Post Cold War Last Great Empire Gone, Ethnic Based States: Central & Southern Europe
2007