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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.
Attendance at the Penny Arcade Expo from 2004 to 2012. On April 12, 2004, the authors of Penny Arcade announced PAX, the Penny Arcade Expo. [1] PAX 2004 was a two-day event held at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, from August 28–29, which they hoped would turn into an annual event.
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.
Roblox (/ ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s / ⓘ, ROH-bloks) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users. It was created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, and released to the public in 2006. As of August 2020, the platform has ...
The first PAX Prime drew 67,600 attendees in 2010. PAX East moved to Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 2011; a 2012 agreement cemented Boston as the home of PAX East until 2023. [5] The first international event was PAX Australia, first held July 19–21, 2013 ( – ) at the Melbourne Showgrounds.
Roblox Corporation has been ranked on Pocket Gamer.biz ' s top lists of mobile game developers, placing sixth in 2018, [30] eighth in 2019, [31] and sixth in 2020. [32] Fortune featured it as one of the best small and medium-sized workplaces in the San Francisco Bay Area, placing it sixteenth in 2019 and fortieth in 2021.
The name is modeled on the Latin Pax Romana (English: "Roman Peace"), which was a long period of relative peace in the Roman Empire due to its power and influence. Just as this term led to derivative terms, such as Pax Britannica and Pax Americana, the term Pax Mafiosa has also led to derivative usage. [4]
Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space is a documentary film by Denis Delestrac with a music score by Amon Tobin. The film deals with the issue of space weapons and their politics, featuring interviews with several key United States military personnel, academics such as Noam Chomsky and others, including Martin Sheen .