Setting the stage

"No one knows where exactly the war started. No one knew why it started either," I revealed the most annoying part about the bloodiest clot in human history that I knew of. "But my personal opinion is…"

I took a deep breath, sorting my thoughts out. 

This topic was anything but simple to explain, especially to someone who never touched global politics before. As such, explaining it in a simple way required me to seriously consider my approach. 

"Let me start with a little explanation. As you might've noticed, all of the former major conflicts were centered around the old continent. The situation changed only around the second world war when the rest of the world was starting to catch up. Yet, even then,  it was the old continent that remained the center of attention."

Mia snuggled up to my side, fixing her position when she sensed my story was approaching its most important part.