This is where I got it from: https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/ https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/ The downward trend since the middle ages is ac

This is where I got it from: https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/ https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/ The downward trend since the middle ages is actually in wars between the major powers. War mortality seems more or less the same over the long term. The number of smaller conflicts goes up, though. The decreasing long-term trend in all violence, not just war, is stronger: https://ourworldindata.org/slides/war-and-violence/#/title-slide https://ourworldindata.org/slides/war-and-violence/#/title-s...