disunification

Although nationalism has the ability to unify, nationalism can also cause disunification by creating wars and breaking up formerly large and powerful empires. As in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there were many different ethnic groups shown in the map (Image C). Nationalism further separated the people in these different ethnic groups as each group became more aware of their own culture and traditions. Moreover, soon these groups each wanted to be their own independent nations. Likewise, the Ottoman Empire also lost control of it's people due to nationalism.

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