The events of the 1980s and 1990s helped to maintain world peace were the Persian Gulf war, the Iran-Iraq war, Lebanon war, the bombing of Libya, and the last stage of the cold war.
Explanation:
These events were the major events that allowed world peace to be kept in between the 1980s and the 1990s, however, they did it because they threatened it. It is very complicated, but the reasons are that these weren't high scalation conflicts, they were local conflicts and didn't clash the major party's that could trigger a world conflict directly. They only participated indirectly, by providing support to the participating party's.
This wouldn't be an issue if the Electoral College properly represented the will of the people, but in the most recent presidential election, they failed to do.
Explanation: some areas had a monopoly on certain or goods. china supplied west Asia and the Mediterranean world with silk while spices were obtained principally from south Asia.