Pax Americana

Pax Romana,Pax Ottomana,Pax Britanica...and Pax Americana...

The hegemonic powers gave their name to the era in when they were dominant for once.

Pax Britanica is said to have lasted between 1815(af the congress of vienna) and 1870s(when a new imperialism age started)...Historians argue that between 1870s and 1945 the system lacked of a dominant player.they believe this led to many conflicts and wars which brought two world wars in the end.

Scholars tend to call post-1945 period as an era of Pax Americana.Some believes it still exist but some argues it ended in the early 1970s when the gold exchange standart was abolished.

what do you think about this approach?

Does the pax americana still exist?or as it were,is there something Pax Americana in fact?

You've got a point there, Imperator.

But, anyway, comparing to the others, the Pax Romana endured for a lot longer. The analogies are just natural...

Originally posted by MixcoatlToltecahtecuhtli Originally posted by Tobodai the world was more peacefull int eh cold war than now, not really:

Umm..Historians describe the post-1946,specifcally after churcill's world famous speech on IRON CURTIAN,as the cold war.But as seen on the grapfhic,major deaths were before 1946...

and remember what happened in Bosnia,Rwanda,Karabagh,Kuwait,Afghanistan,DR Kongo,Kosova and Iraq still.

Back to the topic:

Pax Americana literally means peace imposed by the U.S.

So pax Britanica by Britishh Empire,Pax Ottomana By the Ottoman Empire and Pax Romana by the Roman Empire..

wasnt peace imposed by the US after 1945?

want peace imposed by the British after 1815?

The term pax does not literally mean no conflict or pure peace or somethings else....it is specifically referring to a peace imposed by one power

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