The comparatively peaceful years 1815–1914 came to be known as Pax Britannica. The UK made efforts to end the Slave trade through the West Africa URL In 1827, Britain, jointly with France and Russia, intervened on the side of Greek independence, destroying the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Navarino. In 1854, Britain, jointly with France, prevented Russia from destroying the Ottoman Empire. Russia had to withdraw from Moldavia and Wallachia, and Sevastopol was besieged in the Crimean war. From 1914–1945 no one state was hegemonic, with Britain's power decreasing, but still very much  leading, world role, and with rising powers such as the United States, the Empire of Japan, and later Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. In an era of multipolarity and diffused responsibility, fascist dictators arose and Europe sank into two world wars. The authoritarian German challenge to democratic Britain then, is comparable to the authoritarian Chinese challenge to democratic America now, according to Richard J Evans.'Before the first world war: what can 1914 tell us about 2014?' New Statesman, 23/1/2014 
The UK made efforts to end the Slave trade through the West Africa URL In 1827, Britain, jointly with France and Russia, intervened on the side of Greek independence, destroying the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Navarino. In 1854, Britain, jointly with France, prevented Russia from destroying the Ottoman Empire. Russia had to withdraw from Moldavia and Wallachia, and Sevastopol was besieged in the Crimean war. From 1914–1945 no one state was hegemonic, with Britain's power decreasing, but still very much a leading, world role, and with rising powers such as the United States, the Empire of Japan, and later Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. In an era of multipolarity and diffused responsibility, fascist dictators arose and Europe sank into two world wars. The authoritarian German challenge to democratic Britain then, is comparable to the authoritarian Chinese challenge to democratic America now, according to Richard J Evans.'Before the first world war: what can 1914 tell us about 2014?' New Statesman, 23/1/2014 Between the years 1945 to 1990, the world trade as dominated by the Soviet Union and the United States in what was known to be the Cold War.
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comparatively peaceful years 1815–1914 came to be known as Pax Britannica. The
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Between the years 1945 to 1990, the world trade as dominated by the Soviet Union and the United States in what was known to be the Cold War.