Which of the following factors was not a major cause of world war i? a. increasingly large military forces building up throughout europe b. competition between european states for territory around the world c. military alliances that required countries to protect each other from attacks d. growing feelings of loyalty to powerful empires rather than small nations

The growing feelings of loyalty to powerful empires was not a major cause of the world war I.

Explanation:

In the first place, there was an "Arms" race between all the countries in Europe due to the usual conquest scheme those countries experienced in its past. They were all getting ready to protect themselves from the next invasion because that was they built wealth it was a habit. In the second place, the European countries were fighting for colonies and the colonies someone else lost. In other words, everyone wanted to expand to get wealth but there was no more land to discover, so they had to fight against each other, even in the declining empires like the ottoman. In third place, they established alliances, treaties, and much other collaboration deals to build connections that could help them defend from someone else's attacks. and in fourth place, because smaller countries were filled with resentment of past conquests from bigger ones and they developed nationalism feelings.

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