Their noncontributing status may have made sense at the time the neighborhood was designated historic, but that status also means they may not survive with their fabric and design intact long enough to be reevaluated by a later generation. Violence may seem to be all around us. The country endured an even more devastating natural disaster in 2011: the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Honshu that also precipitated the Fukushima nuclear accident. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. Pinker attributed the long decline in violence to the rise of civilization, with centralized governments and disinterested third parties like police and court justices to resolve disputes. The period of relative peace in Europe (1815-1914) during which the British Empire became the global hegemonic power and adopted the role of a global police force. During this time Tokugawa Ieyasu established a government at Edo (now Tokyo), where Japans central government remains today. * setting the