was world war 1 the first war or was it one of the first wars?
2007-12-13 03:25:38 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
there have been wars since the dawn of time.
1275 B.C.
Battle of Kadesh
500 B.C.
Birth of Sun Tzu
323 B.C.
Death of Alexander the Great begins the Wars of the Diadachi.
Settlement at Babylon, the first attempt to divide up power within Alexander's empire
Start of the Lamian or Hellenic War, an attempt by an alliance of Greek cities led by Athens to escape Macedonian control
322 B.C.
Siege of Lamia sees alliance led by Athens trap Antipater in the town of Lamia. Death of Athenian general Leosthenes
Spring 322: Battle of Abydos - First of two naval defeats for Athens
July 322: Battle of Amorgos - Major naval defeat that ends Athenian naval power
August 322: Battle of Crannon - Macedonian victory in Thessaly that effectively ends the Lamian War
Athens knocked out of the Lamian War
Outbreak of the First Diadoch War, (to 320 BC) between the successors of Alexander the Great
321 B.C.
Truce between Antipater and the Aetolians ends the Lamian War.
Death of Craterus in a battle against Eumenes of Cardia
Perdiccas murdered by his officers in Egypt
320 B.C.
End of the First Diadoch War, (from 322 BC).
Settlement at Triparadisus second attempt to divide power in Alexander's empire
319 B.C.
Outbreak of the Second Diadoch War (to 316 BC)...
2007-12-13 03:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by Spots^..^B4myeyes 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There was a practice war first that they called "World War Pancake" but after that World War 1 is the first.
2007-12-13 03:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by Flavor Vortex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
World War I was called a World War because of the number of countries involved in it.
2007-12-13 03:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, WWI was not even close to being the first war. It looks like you need to do a little homework. Just with the U.S. history, there were at least 5 wars since the French-Indian War.
2007-12-13 04:15:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mark C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Far from being the first war. It was just the first war to have so many countryies involved in it. The crusades were way before WW1. Roman empire had many wars. The civil war was way before WW1, the spanish american war. wars have been goin on since the begining of time do some work on history....
2007-12-13 03:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by lcasperusmc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there were many many wars long before WW1. That just happened to be the first war where so many different countries fought at the same time. At the time they thought it would be the last war ever fought, but it wasn't.
2007-12-13 03:30:41 · answer #6 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good lord.
Maybe you know about computers. Maybe not. Anyway, Photoshop had a v1.0. Then a v2.0, etc.
But before that was MSPaint.
And before that were pens, pencils, paint, brushes, paper, canvas, walls, etc...
I don't think WWI was even the first world war. Though I guess the Napoleonic wars were like WWbeta. Or maybe Alexander's wars were the beta version, and Napoleon was the gamma version, which made the Kaiser's war v1.0. Hmmm.
2007-12-13 03:29:50 · answer #7 · answered by Juniper McClintock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no and no. WW 1 was actually one of the most recent wars. It wasn't actually called "World War 1" until we had World War 2.
2007-12-13 03:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It was considered the first global war, but only after the second had begun. Until then it was known as The Great War.
2007-12-13 03:49:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? You must be a kid (at least, I hope so.)
As long as humans have existed, they have fought with one another. Too many wars to count, and farther back in time than is recorded.
WWI was called that because it was the first truely global, modern, war. Not because it was the first war alone.
2007-12-13 03:30:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋