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To: BroJoeK
The The Spanish Empire, which in 1578 swallowed up the Portuguese Empire with its holdings in South America, Africa and Asia would have made the Thirty/Eighty Years War a global conflict (Portugal and its empire won back its independence from Spain in 1640 as a result of the war). Spain and its empire were involved in most of the later wars as well.

However, one non-European actor--the Principality of Bengal--was involved in the Third Silesian (Seven Years) War. I'm not sure if any others were involved in the earlier wars.

80 posted on 09/03/2013 4:04:59 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill; Sherman Logan; 21twelve
Fiji Hill: "The The Spanish Empire, which in 1578 swallowed up the Portuguese Empire..."

Check out the map of Seven Years War (1756-1763) in post #74.
It shows all the countries & lands where military operations or battles took place.
And that's not including naval engagements.
Note the Philippines, India, East & West Africa, South, Central & North America, as well as Europe.

Can you produce a similar map for some previous war?
Or, alternatively, here is a list of 92 specific Seven Year's War battles, in locations shown on the map.

If you can't find a map, can you at least find a similar list of battles, showing world-wide war?

86 posted on 09/04/2013 4:25:22 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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