Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
The true beginning of the modern state system marked the end of
AFifty Years War
BThirty Years War ✓ Correct
CHundred Years War
DTen Years War
Correct answer: (B) Thirty Years War — The modern state system began with the end of the Thirty Years War, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The modern state system began with the end of the Thirty Years War, so that is the answer.
★The war ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia.
★Westphalia established the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention.
★It recognised independent, territorially defined states as the basic units of order.
★It also ended the era of religious wars in Europe.
★This settlement is the foundation of the modern international system.
★The Hundred Years War and the other options do not mark this beginning.
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