This article provides a list of articles which contain lists of wars and conflicts. There are various sets of such lists, based upon different criteria for grouping individual wars, as shown below.

Lists based on specific historical criteria

Lists based on time period

Below is a set of articles which each provide a list of wars within a specific time period, each covering at least several decades or more. * List of wars: before 1000 * List of wars: 1000–1499 * List of wars: 1500–1799 * List of wars: 1800–1899 * List of wars: 1900–1944 * List of wars: 1945–1989 * List of wars: 1990–2002 * List of wars: 2003–present *

List of ongoing armed conflicts The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world. List parameters This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The guidelines ...

Lists by region

List of conflicts in North America This is a list of conflicts in North America. This list includes all countries starting northward from Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States of America), southward to Mesoamerica (Mexico) and the Caribbean (Cuba, Haiti, Jamai ...

List of conflicts in the United States This is a list of conflicts in the United States. Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary history. This list includes (but is not limited to) the following: Indian wars, skirmishes, wars of independe ...

List of conflicts in Canada List of conflicts in Canada is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, skirmishes, major terrorist attacks, riots and other related items that have occurred in the country of Canada's current geographical area. A complete list of terror ...

List of conflicts in Central America Costa Rica * 1921 War of Coto (against Panama) * 1948 Costa Rican Civil War Guatemala *1524 — 1697 Spanish conquest of Guatemala *1530 Alvarado enslaves the Mayan kingdoms of Cakchiquel, Mam, and Ixil. *1811 1811 Independence Movement *1 ...

List of conflicts in South America This is a list of armed conflicts in South America. ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:30 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1800 till:1900 TimeAxis = orientat ...

List of conflicts in Europe This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, and global conflicts i ...

List of conflicts in Asia This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see ''List of conflicts in the Near East'' for historical conflicts and ''List of ...

** List of wars involving Iran **

List of Chinese wars and battles The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date.Xiaobing Li, ''China at War: An Encyclopedia.'' (ABC-CLIO, 2012).excerpt/ref> Ancient China Imperial China Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE) Han dynasty (206 BCE – ...

* Conflicts in the Middle East **

List of conflicts in the Near East This is a list of conflicts in the Near East arranged; first, chronologically from the epipaleolithic until the end of the late modern period ( – c. AD 1945); second, geographically by sub-regions (starting from east to west; then, south to n ...

(until 1918) **

List of modern conflicts in the Middle East This is a list of modern conflicts in the Middle East ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring ...

(after 1918) *

List of conflicts in Africa This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses coloni ...

Conflicts in the Horn of Africa Conflicts in the Horn of Africa have been occurring since the 17th century BCE. The Horn of Africa includes the nations of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Ancient * Invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Kingdom of Kush and the Land of Punt ...

(East Africa) **

List of modern conflicts in North Africa ''Note:'' *''"Modern" is defined as post-WWI period, from 1918 until today.'' *''"North Africa" has a definition approximately that of the Arab term Maghreb, in addition to Egypt'' *''"Conflict" is defined as a separate 100+ casualty incident. ...

(Maghreb) **

Military history of Africa The military history of Africa is one of the oldest military histories in the world. Africa is a continent of many regions with diverse populations speaking hundreds of different languages and practicing an array of cultures and religion Reli ...

Wars by type of conflict

List of wars of independence This is a list of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence. List See also * Lists of active separatist movements * List of civil wars * List of o ...

List of military conflicts spanning multiple wars Early histories of a war typically describe the war as it was declared by the states involved. It is not uncommon for later historians to group together a series of wars over a long period or spread over several theaters as part of a broader confl ...

* List of world wars *

List of border wars The following is a list of border conflicts between two or more countries. The list includes only those fought because of border disputes. See list of territorial disputes for those that do not involve fighting. 19th century 20th century b ...

List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity There are different claims of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity which involve long peaceful periods after the end of hostilities where, for various reasons, the belligerents could be considered to be in a technical state of war. For examp ...

List of wars between democracies This is an incomplete list of wars between entities that have a constitutionally democratic form of government and actually practice it. Two points are required: that there has been a war, and that there are democracies on at least two opposing ...

* List of wars of succession *

List of civil wars The following is a list of civil wars, fought between organized groups within the same state or country. The terms "intrastate war", "internecine war" and "domestic war" are often used interchangeably with "civil war", but "internecine war" can b ...

* List of proxy wars *

List of invasions This is a list of invasions ordered by date. An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of es ...

List of interstate wars since 1945 This is a list of interstate wars since 1945. Interstate warfare has been defined as military conflict between separate states over a territory. This does not include civil wars and wars of independence, or smaller clashes with limited casualties ...

Frozen conflict In international relations, a frozen conflict is a situation in which active armed conflict has been brought to an end, but no peace treaty or other political framework resolves the conflict to the satisfaction of the combatants. Therefore, lega ...

Lists based on specific historical criteria

Lists based on time period

Lists by region

Wars by type of conflict

See also

General history

Military history articles by region

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