Is it fair to say that the revolt of the Maccabees was the first religious war in

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history? "This revolt of the Jews sets a precedent in human history. It is the world's first ideological/religious war. No one in the ancient world died for their gods; only the Jews thought that their religion -- the only monotheistic religion at the time -- was worth dying for."
From "A Crash Course in Jewish History", Rabbi Ken Spiro

Agree or disagree? Counter-examples?
 
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