Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Pax Britannica (Latin for \"British Peace\", modelled after Pax Romana) was the period of relative peace in Europe and the world (1815–1914) during which the British Empire became the global hegemon (dominant power) and adopted the role of global policeman.Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's \"imperial century,\" around 10,000,000 square miles (26,000,000 km2) of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. Victory over Napoleonic France left the British without any serious international rival, other than perhaps Russia in central Asia. When Russia acted aggressively in the 1850s, the British and French defeated it in the Crimean War (1854–56), thereby protecting the by then feeble Ottoman Empire.Britain's Royal Navy controlled most of the key maritime trade routes and enjoyed unchallenged sea power. Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled access to many countries, such as China, Argentina and Siam. British merchants, shippers and bankers had such an overwhelming advantage over everyone else that in addition to its colonies it had an \"informal empire\"."@en }
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- Pax_Britannica abstract "Pax Britannica (Latin for \"British Peace\", modelled after Pax Romana) was the period of relative peace in Europe and the world (1815–1914) during which the British Empire became the global hegemon (dominant power) and adopted the role of global policeman.Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's \"imperial century,\" around 10,000,000 square miles (26,000,000 km2) of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. Victory over Napoleonic France left the British without any serious international rival, other than perhaps Russia in central Asia. When Russia acted aggressively in the 1850s, the British and French defeated it in the Crimean War (1854–56), thereby protecting the by then feeble Ottoman Empire.Britain's Royal Navy controlled most of the key maritime trade routes and enjoyed unchallenged sea power. Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled access to many countries, such as China, Argentina and Siam. British merchants, shippers and bankers had such an overwhelming advantage over everyone else that in addition to its colonies it had an \"informal empire\".".