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Originally Posted by Betonov
There was 40 years of peace in the 19th century which ended with WW1.
But 70 years ?? that's a first one.
I don't mind you asking. I'm not ashamed of the bloody history of my land.
Napolen had to invade Austria and seed the Slovene nationalism with the Illirian provinces, first time that Slovenes had any autonomy, WW1 had to happen so the Slavic nations of the Balkan regained independence from the Empires, WW2 had to happen so Slovenia and Croatia regained Istria and our ports from Italy and the balkan wars of 1990's had to happen so we regained our complete independence. Without the bloodshed of the last 200 years our capitol would still be Vienna.
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207 years of (relative) peace during Pax Romana.
There was also about twenty-three years in the 1600s when Spain got the upper hand in one of the many political manoeuvrings of the time.
The problem in comparing peace in Europe to peace in America or anywhere else is that up until recently Europe was filled with superpowers who were living pretty much on each others laps, so it was a constant political and by extension of that political, military, struggle to stay a dominant power in a sea of dominant powers.