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.

  1. * Pax Americana (United States)
  2. * Pax Assyriaca (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
  3. * Pax Britannica (British Empire)
  4. * Pax Europaea (European Union)
  5. * Pax Gupta (Gupta Empire)
  6. * Pax Hispanica (Spanish Empire)
  7. * Pax Incaica (Inca Empire, especially under Huayna Capac)[1][2][3][4]
  8. * Pax Khazarica (Khazar Khaganate)
  9. * Pax Kushana (Kushan Empire)
  10. * Pax Mongolica／Pax Tatarica (Mongol Empire)
  11. * Pax Ottomana (Ottoman Empire)
  12. * Pax Praetoriana (South Africa)
  13. * Pax Romana (Roman Empire)
  14. * Pax Sinica (China)
  15. * Pax Sovietica (Soviet Union)
  16. * Pax Sumerica (Neo-Sumerian Empire)
  17. * Pax Syriana (Syrian Arab Republic)

See also

References

  1. ^ "NOVA | the Great Inca Rebellion | Rise of the Inca | PBS". PBS.
  2. ^ "The Inca Empire". Live Science. 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ Heid, Patricia (2002). "Constructing a Peaceful Imperialism: Manipulating Gender Identity in the Comentarios reales de los Incas". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 33 (1): 93–108. doi:10.2307/4144244. JSTOR 4144244.
  4. ^ https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/154388/Novoa_Thesis_(Revised).pdf?sequence=1 [bare URL PDF]
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