World War 0

+**World War 0** is a hypothetical concept describing a widespread conflict, or series of conflicts, that predates the modern World Wars but had significant global or near-global implications. Often used to characterize periods of intense [Great Power](/wiki/great_power) rivalries, these struggles reshaped continents and set the stage for later global conflagrations, echoing a form of early [Global Conflict](/wiki/global_conflict).

+## See also

+- [World War I](/wiki/world_war_i)

+- [Napoleonic Wars](/wiki/napoleonic_wars)

+- [Thirty Years War](/wiki/thirty_years_war)