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Long Peace" is a term for the unprecedented historical period of relative global stability following the end of World War II in 1945 to the present day. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The period of the Cold War (1947–1991) was marked by the absence of major wars between the superpowers of the period, the United States and the Soviet Union .
The word "pax" together with the Latin name of an empire or nation is used to refer to a period of peace or at least stability, enforced by a hegemon, a so-called Pax imperia ("Imperial peace"). The following is a list of periods of regional peace, sorted by alphabetical order. The corresponding hegemon is stated in parentheses.
Mount Ecclesia's long-standing suggestion for World Peace Meditation, [33] along with annual purposeful devotional dates, [34] as faithfully performed by its fraternal organization whose founder taught, in the 1910s, that "Peace is a matter of education, and impossible of achievement until we have learned to deal charitably, justly, and openly ...
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.
Classical antiquity – Broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world. It is the period in which Greek and Roman society flourished and wielded great influence throughout Europe, North ...
Historic enlargement of the EU and its predecessors. Pax Europaea (English: the European peace – after the historical Pax Romana) is 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.
The Pax Romana (Latin for ' Roman peace ') is a roughly 200+-year-long period of Roman history which is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, prosperous stability, hegemonic power, and regional expansion. This is despite several revolts and wars, and continuing competition with Parthia.
The Qing dynasty of China heralded another period of Pax Sinica. [26] At its peak, it ruled over the fourth largest empire territorially, constituting 9.87 per cent of the world's total land area. [27] The High Qing era was a period of sustained population growth, [28] economic prosperity and territorial expansion. [29]