How did the breakup of large empires after ww1 lead to nationalism?

In 911, a group of vikings lead by rollo besieged paris and chartres. after a victory near chartres on 26 august, charles decided to negotiate with rollo. the talks were led by hervé, the archbishop of reims. this resulted in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte, which granted rollo and his soldiers all the land between the river epte and the sea. it also granted him brittany, "for his livelihood". at the time, brittany was an independent land which france had not been able to conquer. in exchange, rollo promised the king his loyalty and military assistance when needed. also rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry gisela, the king's daughter. the territory given rollo is about the same as upper normandy. this would grow to become normandy under rollo's descendants. - wikepedia

The idiot who could play like a donkey!

The sumerian empire worshipped a lot of natural aspects like wind. the impact on civilization was people abided by rules to avoid displeasing gods and it created a drive in people to be good. i hope this is what you were looking for, as this question was quite broad.