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An elaborate map of the British Empire in 1886, marked in pink, the traditional colour for imperial British dominions on maps. Pax Britannica (Latin for "British Peace", modelled after Pax Romana) refers to the relative peace between the great powers in the time period roughly bounded by the Napoleonic Wars and World War I.
Pax Americana [1] [2] [3] (Latin for "American Peace", modeled after Pax Romana and Pax Britannica; also called the Long Peace) is a term applied to the concept of relative peace in the Western Hemisphere and later in the world after the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States [4] became the world's dominant economic, cultural, and military power.
The ensuing Crimean War (1854–1856), which involved new techniques of modern warfare, [118] was the only global war fought between Britain and another imperial power during the Pax Britannica and was a resounding defeat for Russia. [117]
The Pax Britannica Trilogy comprises three books of history written by Jan Morris. [1] The books cover the British Empire, from the earliest days of the East India Company to the troubled years of independence and nineteen-sixties post-colonialism. The books were written and published over a ten-year period, beginning in 1968 with Pax ...
The following is a list of periods of regional peace, sorted by alphabetical order. The corresponding hegemon is stated in parentheses. * Pax Americana (United States) * Pax Assyriaca (Neo-Assyrian Empire) * Pax Britannica (British Empire) * Pax Europaea (European Union) * Pax Gupta (Gupta Empire) * Pax Hispanica (Spanish Empire)
Pax Europaea (English: the European peace – after the historical Pax Romana), was the period of relative peace experienced by Europe following World War II, in which there were notably few international conflicts or wars between European states. This peace had often been associated with the creation of NATO, the European Union (EU), and the ...
The Pax Mongolica (Latin for "Mongol Peace"), less often known as Pax Tatarica[1] ("Tatar Peace"), is a historiographical term modeled after the original phrase Pax Romana which describes the stabilizing effects of the conquests of the Mongol Empire on the social, cultural and economic life of the inhabitants of the vast Eurasian territory that ...
Map of the British Empire (as of 1910). At its height, it was the largest empire in history. The 100 years were generally peaceful--a sort of Pax Britannica enforced by the Royal Navy. There were two important wars, both limited in scope.