List of periods of regional peace

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 into 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 Incaica (Inca Empire, especially under Huayna Capac)^[1][2][3][4]
• Pax Khazarica (Khazar Khaganate)
• Pax Kushana (Kushan Empire)
• Pax Mongolica／Pax Tatarica (Mongol Empire)
• Pax Ottomana (Ottoman Empire)
• Pax Praetoriana (South Africa)
• Pax Romana (Roman Empire)
• Pax Sinica (China)
• Pax Sovietica (Soviet Union)
• Pax Sumerica (Neo-Sumerian Empire)
• Pax Syriana (Syrian Arab Republic)
• Pax Tokugawa (Tokugawa Shogunate)

See also

• Regional hegemony
• Peace § Long periods
• Pacification

References

1. "NOVA | the Great Inca Rebellion | Rise of the Inca". 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. "Resistance to the expansion of pachakutiq's inca empire and its effects on the spanish conquest" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-25.