Pax Sinica

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Pax Sinica (Latin for "Chinese peace"; traditional Chinese: 中華治世; simplified Chinese: 中华治世; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Zhìshì) is a historiographical term referring to historical periods during which the prominence and regional hegemony of China in the Far East provided peace and stability in East Asia, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. A study on the Sinocentric international order reveals that the multiple periods of Pax Sinica, when taken together, amounted to a total length of approximately two thousand years. The first Pax Sinica of the Eastern world emerged during the rule of the Han dynasty, coinciding with the Pax Romana of the Western world led by the Roman Empire. It stimulated long-distance travel and trade in Eurasian history, as noted by the establishment of the Silk Road and attempted diplomatic contacts between the two empires. Both the first Pax Sinica and the Pax Romana eroded at circa AD 200, with Han Empire weakened by the political infightings, peasant revolts...

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