They paused.
The Olympic Games caused a pause in wars.
All wars were paused during the olympic games in ancient Greece.
Two world wars basically
The Olympic games were cancelled during the wars
Wars were stopped during the Olympics because the Greeks wanted to honor Zeus(the Greek god of gods) with peace.
Normally wars are put to rest. The Olympics is how the country's team up and join together as one for peace.
Both World Wars.
The Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 to reunite the world through sports.
Ancient(?) China lost it during a series of little wars.
1915
it caused civil wars to break out