Why were World War 1 and World War 2 seen as a World Wars, yet the 7 Years War wasn’t seen as one?

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I’ve always wondered this. The 7 Years war was fought on multiple continents and decided the world as we know it, just like both World Wars. I just don’t get why it wasn’t seen as a world war and I came here to ask why.

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Seven Years War is almost entirely a European conflict. Fought by European nations mostly on European soil. There was some fighting involving European colonies elsewhere but the primary place with serious intensity was in Europe. And really it didn’t even involve all of Europe.

The World Wars had major involvement from or in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and in the Pacific (ocean, islands) as well making them far more global in involvement and fought on a much larger scale.

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