International Relations/Evolution of the Modern State System


 * 1) Sumerian City State - Ur, Kish, Karsa, Lagash, etc. (30 in number, existed before 2500 B.C.)
 * 2) Greek city-states
 * 3) Pre-modern states; not nation states but empire-states which did not represent the wishes of the people - Roman empire
 * 4) End of 30 years' war, treaty of Westphalia in 1648 and the acknowledgement of other states
 * 5) Italian mercantile city states
 * 6) French Revolution and development of ideas of self-determination