In 1993/1995, the Oslo I & II Accords established the “Oslo process,” a UN-backed peace initiative between Israel and the PLO. These agreements recognized Israel and the PLO’s leadership, setting the stage for negotiations towards a two-state solution.

The Thirty Years War began as a religious war, fought between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Germany. The Thirty Years’ War ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648.

In the night of 23-24 August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact., known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.