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Throughout history, a number of conflicts, due to the quirky nature of international diplomacy, never officially ended.<\/p>\n
Of course, these “extended wars” have never actually had any bearing on international relations.<\/p>\n
Instead, the ongoing de facto peace overrode any technicalities on the world stage. However, the patching up of these diplomatic irregularities has been used by countries still technically at war to boost their current ties and gain media attention.<\/p>\n
We have listed nine such examples of extended wars below.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nA juxtaposition of various historical and legendary elements from the Battle of Thermopylae.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Declaration of war:\u00a0<\/strong>Greco-Persian Wars<\/a>,\u00a0499 B.C.<\/p>\n De facto peace:<\/strong>\u00a0449 B.C.<\/p>\n De jure peace:<\/strong>\u00a01902<\/p>\n In 499 B.C., the Persian Empire attempted to conquer the various city-states of Ancient Greece. Ultimately, the Persian efforts were unsuccessful, and the two civilizations remained at war with some intensity until the Persians called off their invasion attempts in 449 B.C.<\/p>\n However, despite the war having ended centuries ago, Greece and Persia never officially\u00a0mended their relationship<\/a> until 1902. At that point, after 2,393 years of conflict, Persia (having not yet renamed itself Iran),\u00a0appointed its first Greek diplomat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead the Remainder at Business Insider\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n