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What was the original cause of the thirty years war in Europe

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The Thirty Years War began as a religious civil war between the Protestants and Roman Catholics in Germany that engaged the Austrian Habsburgs and the German princes. The war soon developed into a devastating struggle for the balance of power in Europe

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Your answer is "religious difference".

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