I read recently that the Thirty Years War involved fighting from nations from all over Europe. Why wasn't this considered to be World War I?

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DonaldFDraper

Well, you listed the exact reason. It involved various entities in Europe but just Europe and primarily in what would become Germany and Czechlosvakia. Thus, it cannot be a world war because the rest of the world, such as India, Asia, Japan, et al. wouldn't be involved and it can't be a world war.