World War One and World War Two have a unique place in history, with an unparalleled combination of devastation and global scope. They aren't, however, the only two wars in history to have spanned across the world. Before World War One, there were at least 7 different worldwide wars, and they can teach us a lot about imperialism and global history. Let's explore!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 World wars 1 & 2
1:38 What is a world war?
2:56 The Thirty Years' War
4:11 The Nine Years' War
5:01 The War of Spanish Succession
5:56 The War of Austrian Succession
6:55 The Seven Years' War
8:24 The American War of Independence
9:32 The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
10:48 Conclusion

"World wars" in this video:
- Thirty Years' War
Dutch Portuguese War
Eighty Years' War
- Nine Years' War
King William's war
- War of Spanish Succession
Queen Anne's War
- War of Austrian Succession
War of Jenkins' Ear
King George's War
First Carnatic War
- Seven Years' War
French and Indian War
Fantastic War
Third Carnatic War
- American Revolutionary War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
- French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813
Quasi-war
War of 1812
Haitian Revolution
Spanish American Wars of Independence
- World War One
- World War Two

Other wars mentioned:
Taiping Rebellion
First Gulf War
Wars of the 620s
Crimean War
Cold War
War on Terror

End Music: “I Ain’t Goin’ To Study War No More” performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1920)

Note that the US was technically an "associated power" in World War One because it only joined the allies/entente in 1917.

Information citations:

Encyclopedia Britannica

Clark, G. (1954). The Character of the Nine Years War, 1688-97. Cambridge Historical Journal, 11(2), 168–182. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3021075

History of Puducherry District: https://puducherry-dt.gov.in/history/

Archival Materials on the Brandenburg African Company (1682-1721): https://doi.org/10.2307/3171645

John Matusiak. (2018) Europe In Flames: The Crisis of the Thirty Years War. The History Press.

Fred Anderson (2000). Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America 1754-1766. Alfred A. Knopf.

Frank McLynn. (2004) 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World. Atlantic Monthly Press.

David K. Allison; Larrie D. Ferreiro, eds. (6 November 2018) The American Revolution: A World War. Smithsonian Institution.

Charles Esdaile. (2007) Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815. Viking.

Winston Churchill. A History of the English Speaking Peoples. Vol 2 (1956) & Vol 3 (1957). Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc.

John Douglas Belshaw; Sarah Nickel; and Dr. Chelsea Horton. Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Canada Chapter 6: Resistance I - 1750's to 1870s https://histindigenouspeoples.pressbo...

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WWI Empires Map: Andrew0921, CC BY 3.0
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Prussia Flag: David Liuzzo
1748 Europe Map: Memnon335bc
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