These words were delivered in 1994 by the newly elected president of South Africa to praise his countrymen’s rejection of "<span>apartheid" which was implemented by British. </span>
I would say early Greek civilization. I don't know how specific or detailed you want but the Aegean is in Greece.
It was the fact that world super powers at the time (U.S) and (U.S.S.R) where building up an armory of nukes but they both knew if they where to use these weapons it would utterly destroy the world.
Here's a memory aid: (U.S): hey Russia lets not kill each other with nukes in this war lets just keep it "COOL" and spy on each other instead