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Western Asia


Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

* c. 2492 BCE Battle between Haik and
Nimrod Nimrod (; ; arc, ܢܡܪܘܕ; ar, نُمْرُود, Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of ...
* 714 BCE Urartu–Assyria War * 1914-1918
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
* 1918
Georgian–Armenian War The Armeno-Georgian War was a short border dispute that was fought in December 1918 between the newly-independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and the First Republic of Armenia, largely over the control of former districts of Tiflis Governora ...
* 1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani War * 1920
Red Army invasion of Armenia The Red Army invasion of Armenia, also known as the Sovietization or the Soviet invasion of Armenia, the Soviet occupation of Armenia, or Soviet intervention in Armenia was a military campaign which was carried out by the 11th Army of Soviet Ru ...
* 1988-''ongoing''
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...
** 1988-1994
First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...
** 2008
2008 Mardakert clashes The 2008 Mardakert clashes began on March 4 after the 2008 Armenian election protests. It involved the heaviest fighting between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the 1994 ceasefire after t ...
** 2010
2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes The 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes were a series of exchanges of gunfire that took place on February 18 on the line of contact dividing Azerbaijani and the Karabakh Armenian military forces. Azerbaijan accused the Armenian forces of firing on the ...
** 2010
2010 Mardakert clashes The 2010 Mardakert clashes were a series of violations of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War ceasefire. They took place across the line of contact dividing Azerbaijan and the ethnic Armenian military forces of the unrecognized but ''de facto'' indepe ...
** 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes ** 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2014
2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown On 12 November 2014, an Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter ( NATO reporting name "Hind") was shot down by Azerbaijani Armed Forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, killing all three crew members. Events According to the Armenian side, ...
** 2016
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War,, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ʰɑroɾjɑ pɑtɛɾɑzm az, Dördgünlük müharibə April War,; or April clashes, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contac ...
** 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2020
July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes The July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes began on 12 July 2020 between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Initial clashes occurred near Movses in Tavush Province of Armenia, and Ağdam in Tovuz District of Azerbaijan ...
** 2020
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...
** 2021-2022
2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis The military forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been engaged in a border conflict since 12 May 2021, when Azerbaijani soldiers crossed several kilometers into Armenia in the provinces of Syunik and Gegharkunik, occupying about of Armenian t ...


Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

* 1914–1918
Caucasus Campaign The Caucasus campaign comprised armed conflicts between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, later including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, the German Empire, the Central Caspian Dicta ...
of
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
* 1918–1919 Mughan clashes * 1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani War * 1920
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan The Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan, also known as the Sovietization or Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan, was a military campaign carried out by the 11th Army of Soviet Russia in April 1920 to install a new Soviet government in the Azerbaijan Democ ...
* 1988-''ongoing''
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...
** 1988-1994
First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...
** 2008
2008 Mardakert clashes The 2008 Mardakert clashes began on March 4 after the 2008 Armenian election protests. It involved the heaviest fighting between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the 1994 ceasefire after t ...
** 2010
2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes The 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes were a series of exchanges of gunfire that took place on February 18 on the line of contact dividing Azerbaijani and the Karabakh Armenian military forces. Azerbaijan accused the Armenian forces of firing on the ...
** 2010
2010 Mardakert clashes The 2010 Mardakert clashes were a series of violations of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War ceasefire. They took place across the line of contact dividing Azerbaijan and the ethnic Armenian military forces of the unrecognized but ''de facto'' indepe ...
** 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes ** 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2014
2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown On 12 November 2014, an Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter ( NATO reporting name "Hind") was shot down by Azerbaijani Armed Forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, killing all three crew members. Events According to the Armenian side, ...
** 2016
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War,, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ʰɑroɾjɑ pɑtɛɾɑzm az, Dördgünlük müharibə April War,; or April clashes, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contac ...
** 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2020
July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes The July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes began on 12 July 2020 between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Initial clashes occurred near Movses in Tavush Province of Armenia, and Ağdam in Tovuz District of Azerbaijan ...
** 2020
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...
** 2021-2022
2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis The military forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been engaged in a border conflict since 12 May 2021, when Azerbaijani soldiers crossed several kilometers into Armenia in the provinces of Syunik and Gegharkunik, occupying about of Armenian t ...


Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...


Prehistoric Egypt Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt span the period from the earliest human settlement to the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period around 3100 BC, starting with the first Pharaoh, Narmer for some Egyptologists, Hor-Aha for others, with th ...

* Between 14340 to 13140 BCE Battle at
Cemetery 117 Jebel Sahaba ( ar, جَبَل ٱلصَّحَابَة, Jabal Aṣ-Ṣaḥābah, lit=Mountain of the Companions; also Site 117) is a prehistoric cemetery site in the Nile Valley (now submerged in Lake Nasser), near the northern border of Sudan ...


Early Dynastic Period

* c. 3100 BCE Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt * c. 3050 BCE Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians. * c. 2890 BCE After the death of
Qa'a Qa'a (also Qáa or Ka'a) (literal meaning: "his arm is raised") was the last king of the First Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for 33 years at the end of the 30th century BC. Identity Manetho calls Qa'a Biénechês and gives him a reign of 26 y ...
, the last pharaoh of the
First Dynasty of Egypt The First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty I) covers the first series of Egyptian kings to rule over a unified Egypt. It immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, possibly by Narmer, and marks the beginning of the Early Dyn ...
, a short war may have occurred for the throne, ending with the accession of
Hotepsekhemwy Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. The exact length of his reign is not known; the Turin canon suggests an improbable 95 yearsAlan H. Gardiner: ''The royal canon of Turin ...
. * c. 2690 BCE
Khasekhemwy Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC; ', also rendered ''Kha-sekhemui'') was the last Pharaoh of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. Little is known about him, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built the mudbrick fort known as Shune ...
reunited
Upper Egypt Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south. In ancient ...
and
Lower Egypt Lower Egypt ( ar, مصر السفلى '; ) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, ...


Old Kingdom In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700–2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth ...

* c. 2670 BCE
Djoser Djoser (also read as Djeser and Zoser) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, and was the founder of that epoch. He is also known by his Hellenized names Tosorthros (from Manetho) and Sesorthos (from Euseb ...
, the first pharaoh of the
Third Dynasty of Egypt The Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty III) is the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Other dynasties of the Old Kingdom include the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. The capital during the period of the Old Kingdom was at Memphis. Overview Af ...
dispatched several military expeditions to the
Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a l ...


First Intermediate Period The First Intermediate Period, described as a 'dark period' in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately 125 years, c. 2181–2055 BC, after the end of the Old Kingdom. It comprises the Seventh (although this is mostly considered spurious ...

* c. 2150 BCE The 4.2 kiloyear event triggered famines, social disorder, and fragmentation. * c. 2140 BCE During the reign of the pharaoh
Neferkare III Neferkare Neby (also Neferkare III) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Seventh or Eighth Dynasty during the early First Intermediate Period (2181–2055 BC).Darrell D. Baker, ''The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to t ...
, the
nomarch A nomarch ( grc, νομάρχης, egy, ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces, called nomes (singular , plural ). A nomarch was the government official responsib ...
of Hieraconopolis
Ankhtifi Ankhtifi (or Ankhtify) was a nomarch of Hierakonpolis and a supporter of the pharaoh in Herakleopolis Magna (10th Dynasty), which was locked in a conflict with the Theban based 11th Dynasty kingdom for control of Egypt. Hence, Ankhtifi was possib ...
, led a coalition of his nome and
Edfu Edfu ( egy, bḥdt, ar, إدفو , ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately sixty thousand people. Edfu is the site ...
against Thebes. * c. 2120 BCE
Mentuhotep I Mentuhotep (also Montuhotep) is an ancient Egyptian name meaning "''Montu is satisfied''" and may refer to: Kings * Mentuhotep I, nomarch at Thebes during the First Intermediate Period and first king of the 11th Dynasty * Mentuhotep II, reunifie ...
and Sehertawy Intef I * c. 2075 BCE Akhtoy Nebkaure sacked
Thinis Thinis (Greek: Θίνις ''Thinis'', Θίς ''This'' ; Egyptian: Tjenu; cop, Ⲧⲓⲛ; ar, ثينيس) was the capital city of the first dynasties of ancient Egypt. Thinis remains undiscovered but is well attested by ancient writers, includ ...


Middle Kingdom

* c. 2061 - c. 2010 BCE Campaigns of
Mentuhotep II Mentuhotep II ( egy, Mn- ṯw-ḥtp, meaning " Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his prenomen Nebhepetre ( egy, Nb- ḥpt- Rˁ, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh Dyn ...
* c. 1900 BCE
Senusret I Senusret I (Middle Egyptian: z-n-wsrt; /suʀ nij ˈwas.ɾiʔ/) also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC (1920 BC to 1875 BC), and was one of the most ...
conquest of
Lower Nubia Lower Nubia is the northernmost part of Nubia, roughly contiguous with the modern Lake Nasser, which submerged the historical region in the 1960s with the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Many ancient Lower Nubian monuments, and all its modern p ...
* c. 1880 BCE
Amenemhat II Nubkaure Amenemhat II, also known as Amenemhet II, was the third pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although he ruled for at least 35 years, his reign is rather obscure, as well as his family relationships. Family Archaeological fi ...
, looted two cities in Asia * c. 1860-1850 BCE
Senusret III Khakaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or the hellenised form, Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC during a time of great power and prosperity, and was the fifth king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the ...
, four campaigns to
Nubia Nubia () (Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or ...
, one campaign to the Southern
Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is eq ...
* c. 1850 BCE
Amenemhat III :''See Amenemhat, for other individuals with this name.'' Amenemhat III ( Ancient Egyptian: ''Ỉmn-m-hꜣt'' meaning 'Amun is at the forefront'), also known as Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the sixth king of the Twelfth Dy ...
, short Nubian campaign * c. 1705 BCE - c. 1648 BCE Continuation of 14th dynasty rule in the Nile River Delta region until 1650 BCE when the
Hyksos Hyksos (; Egyptian '' ḥqꜣ(w)- ḫꜣswt'', Egyptological pronunciation: ''hekau khasut'', "ruler(s) of foreign lands") is a term which, in modern Egyptology, designates the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). T ...
Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt The Fifteenth Dynasty was a foreign dynasty of ancient Egypt. It was founded by Salitis, a Hyksos from West Asia whose people had invaded the country and conquered Lower Egypt. The 15th, 16th, and 17th Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combin ...
conquered the Delta.


Second Intermediate Period The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The concept of a "Second Intermediate Period" was coined in 1942 by ...

* c. 1649 BCE - c. 1600 BCE the
Hyksos Hyksos (; Egyptian '' ḥqꜣ(w)- ḫꜣswt'', Egyptological pronunciation: ''hekau khasut'', "ruler(s) of foreign lands") is a term which, in modern Egyptology, designates the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). T ...
progress south conquering
Middle Egypt Middle Egypt () is the section of land between Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta) and Upper Egypt, stretching upstream from Asyut in the south to Memphis in the north. At the time, Ancient Egypt was divided into Lower and Upper Egypt, though Middle E ...
, then controlled by the Abydos Dynasty or the 16th Dynasty * c. 1629 BCE - c. 1628 BCE
Neferhotep III Sekhemre Sankhtawy Neferhotep III Iykhernofret was the third or fourth ruler of the Theban 16th Dynasty, reigning after Sobekhotep VIII according to Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker.Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Vo ...
in a defensive war against the Hyksos
Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt The Fifteenth Dynasty was a foreign dynasty of ancient Egypt. It was founded by Salitis, a Hyksos from West Asia whose people had invaded the country and conquered Lower Egypt. The 15th, 16th, and 17th Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combin ...
* c. 1582 BCE Final Theban offensive of Hyksos who conquer Thebes, ending the 16th Dynasty * c. 1560 BCE - c. 1540 BCE The
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVII, alternatively 17th Dynasty or Dynasty 17) was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theba ...
at war with the Hyksos


New Kingdom of Egypt The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the sixteenth century BC and the eleventh century BC, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth dynasties of Egypt. Radioca ...

* c. 1550 Pharaoh Ahmosis I launches an invasion on the Hyksos in Upper and Lower Egypt. A new era in Ancient Egyptian history: the New Kingdom under the rule of the 18th dynasty. * c. 1282 BCE Seti's military campaigns * 1206 BCE - c. 1150 BCE
Bronze Age collapse The Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC, between c. 1200 and 1150. The collapse affected a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean (North Africa and Southeast Europe) and the Near Ea ...
causes the collapse of the New Kingdom of Egypt and subsequent attacks from Libyans, with associated people of
Ekwesh The Achaeans (; el, Ἀχαιοί, ''Akhaioi'') were one of the four major tribes into which the Greeks divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Ionians and Dorians). According to the foundation myth formalized by Hesiod, their name comes fro ...
,
Shekelesh The Shekelesh (Egyptian language: ''šꜣkrwšꜣꜣ'' or ''šꜣꜣkrwšꜣꜣ'') were one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records in ancient Egyptian f ...
,
Lukka The term Lukka lands (sometimes Luqqa lands), in Hittite language texts from the 2nd millennium BC, is a collective term for states formed by the Lukka people in south-west Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). The Lukka were never subjugated long-term by ...
,
Shardana The Sherden (Egyptian: ''šrdn'', ''šꜣrdꜣnꜣ'' or ''šꜣrdynꜣ'', Ugaritic: ''šrdnn(m)'' and ''trtn(m)'', possibly Akkadian: ''še-er-ta-an-nu''; also glossed “Shardana” or “Sherdanu”) are one of the several ethnic groups the Sea P ...
, and Tursha. A second attack during the reign of
Ramesses III Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. He is thought to have reigned from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC and is considered to be the last great monar ...
involved
Peleset The Peleset (Egyptian: ''pwrꜣsꜣtj'') or Pulasati were one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records in ancient Egyptian from the Eastern Mediterranea ...
,
Tjeker The Tjeker or Tjekker (Egyptian: ''ṯꜣkꜣr'' or ''ṯꜣkkꜣr'') were one of the Sea Peoples. Known mainly from the " Story of Wenamun", the Tjeker are also documented earlier, at Medinet Habu, as raiders defeated by Pharaoh Ramesses III of ...
, Shardana and
Denyen The Denyen (Egyptian: ''dꜣjnjnjw'') is purported to be one of the groups constituting the Sea Peoples. Origin They are mentioned in the Amarna letters from the 14th century BC as possibly being related to the "Land of the Danuna" near Ugarit. ...
. ** c. 1178 BCE Egyptian-Sea People wars *** c. 1178 BCE
Battle of the Delta The Battle of the Delta was a sea battle between Egypt and the Sea Peoples, circa 1175 BCE, when the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III repulsed a major sea invasion. The conflict occurred on the shores of the eastern Nile Delta and on the border of th ...
*** c. 1178 BCE
Battle of Djahy The Battle of Djahy was a major land battle between the forces of pharaoh Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples who intended to invade and conquer Egypt. The conflict occurred on the Egyptian Empire's easternmost frontier in Djahy or modern-day souther ...


Third Intermediate Period The Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt began with the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in 1077 BC, which ended the New Kingdom, and was eventually followed by the Late Period. Various points are offered as the beginning for the latt ...

* 925 BCE Battle of Bitter Lakes * 752-721 BCE Conquest of Egypt * 671 BCE Assyrian invasion of Egypt led by
Esarhaddon Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , also , meaning " Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ''ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn'') was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his ...
* 664 BCE Sack of Thebes led by
Ashurbanipal Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian language, Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "Ashur (god), Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BCE to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king o ...


Late Period

* 530-522 BCE Campaigns of King
Cambyses II Cambyses II ( peo, 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 ''Kabūjiya'') was the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 530 to 522 BC. He was the son and successor of Cyrus the Great () and his mother was Cassandane. Before his accession, Cambyses ...
of Persia ** 525 BCE
Battle of Pelusium The Battle of Pelusium was the first major battle between the Achaemenid Empire and Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Egypt. This decisive battle transferred the throne of the Pharaohs to Cambyses II of Persia, marking the beginning of the Achaemenid ...
* 522-520 BCE Rebellion of
Petubastis III Seheruibre Padibastet (Ancient Egyptian: ''shrw- jb- rꜥ pꜣ-dj-bꜣstt'') better known by his Hellenised name Petubastis III (or IV, depending on the scholars) was a native ancient Egyptian ruler (ruled c. 522 – 520 BC), who revolted ag ...
* 480s BCE Rebellion of Psamtik IV * 460-454 BCE Rebellion of
Inaros II Inaros (II), also known as Inarus, (fl. ca. 460 BC) was an Egyptian rebel ruler who was the son of an Egyptian prince named Psamtik, presumably of the old Saite line, and grandson of Psamtik III. In 460 BC, he revolted against the Persians with ...
** 459 BCE Battle of Papremis * 411 BCE
Amyrtaeus Amyrtaeus ( , a Hellenization of the original Egyptian name Amenirdisu) of Sais, is the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of EgyptCimmino 2003, p. 385. and is thought to be related to the royal family of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–52 ...
revolted against
Darius II Darius II ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ), also known by his given name Ochus ( ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 423 BC to 405 or 404 BC. Artaxerxes I, who died in 424 BC, was followed by h ...
of the
Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...
and regained Egyptian indepdence * 385-383 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King
Hakor Hakor or Hagar, also known by the hellenized forms Achoris or Hakoris, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 29th Dynasty. His reign marks the apex of this feeble and short-lived dynasty, having ruled for 13 years – more than half of its enti ...
* 374-373 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King
Nectanebo I Nectanebo I (Egyptian: ; grc-gre, Νεκτάνεβις ; died 361/60 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, founder of the last native dynasty of Egypt, the 30th. Name Nectanebo's Egyptian personal name was Nḫt-nb.f, which means "the strong ...
* 343 BCE Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt * 335-323 BCE
Wars of Alexander the Great The wars of Alexander the Great were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, then under the rule of Darius III of Persia. ...
** 333 BCE Pelusium opened its gates to Alexander the Great, who placed a garrison in it under the command of an officer entitled Companion of the King.


Ptolemaic Kingdom

* 173 BCE
Antiochus Epiphanes Antiochus is a Greek male first name, which was a dynastic name for rulers of the Seleucid Empire and the Kingdom of Commagene. In Jewish historical memory, connected with the Maccabean Revolt and the holiday of Hanukkah, "Antiochus" refers spec ...
defeated the troops of Ptolemy Philometor * 55 BCE
Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autoc ...
defeated the Egyptian army and made himself master of the city * 10 January 49 BCE - 17 March 45 BCE
Caesar's Civil War Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was one of the last politico-military conflicts of the Roman Republic before its reorganization into the Roman Empire. It began as a series of political and military confrontations between Gaius Julius Caesar and ...
** 48-47 BCE Siege of Alexandria ** 47 BCE
Battle of the Nile The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; french: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the ...
* 32 BCE - August 30 BCE
Final War of the Roman Republic The War of Actium (32–30 BC) was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony (assisted by Cleopatra and by extension Ptolemaic Egypt) and Octavian. In 32 BC, Octavian convinced the Roman Senate to declare war on the E ...
** 31 July - 1 August 30 BCE Battle of Alexandria


Roman Province of Egypt , conventional_long_name = Roman Egypt , common_name = Egypt , subdivision = Province , nation = the Roman Empire , era = Late antiquity , capital = Alexandria , title_leader = Praefectus Augustalis , image_map = Roman E ...

* 115-117 CE
Kitos War The Kitos War (115–117; he, מרד הגלויות, mered ha-galuyot, or ''mered ha-tfutzot''; "rebellion of the diaspora" la, Tumultus Iudaicus) was one of the major Jewish–Roman wars (66–136). The rebellions erupted in 115, when most o ...


Byzantine Diocese of Egypt The Diocese of Egypt ( la, Dioecesis Aegypti; el, Διοίκησις Αἰγύπτου) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire (from 395 the Eastern Roman Empire), incorporating the provinces of Egypt and Cyrenaica. Its capital was at Alexandr ...

* 618-621 CE
Sassanid conquest of Egypt The Sasanian conquest of Egypt took place between 618 and 621 CE, when the Sasanian Persian army defeated the Byzantine forces in Egypt and occupied the province. The fall of Alexandria, the capital of Roman Egypt, marked the first and most imp ...
** 619 CE Siege of Alexandria


Rashidun Caliphate The Rashidun Caliphate ( ar, اَلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his ...

* 639-642 CE
Muslim conquest of Egypt The Muslim conquest of Egypt, led by the army of 'Amr ibn al-'As, took place between 639 and 646 AD and was overseen by the Rashidun Caliphate. It ended the seven-century-long period of Roman Egypt, Roman reign over Egypt that began in 30 BC. ...
** 6 July 640 CE
Battle of Heliopolis The Battle of Heliopolis or Ayn Shams was a decisive battle between Arab Muslim armies and Byzantine forces for the control of Egypt. Though there were several major skirmishes after this battle, it effectively decided the fate of the Byzantin ...
** 641 CE Siege of Alexandria ** 646 CE
Battle of Nikiou The Battle of Nikiou was a battle between Arab Muslim troops under General Amr ibn al-A'as and the Byzantine Empire in Egypt in May of 646. Overview Following their victory at the Battle of Heliopolis in July 640, and the subsequent capitulation ...


Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

* 809-827 CE
Great Abbasid Civil War The Fourth Fitna or Great Abbasid Civil War resulted from the conflict between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the succession to the throne of the Abbasid Caliphate. Their father, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, had named al-Amin as the first su ...


Ayyubid Dynasty The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni ...

* 1171-1172 CE
Ayyubids The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin h ...
Conquest of North Africa and Nubia * 1095-1272 CE
The Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...
** 1213-1221 CE
Fifth Crusade The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Sala ...
*** 1218-1219 CE Siege of Damietta *** 29 August 1219 CE Battle of Fariskur ** 1248-1254 CE Seventh Crusade *** 6 June 1249 CE Siege of Damietta *** 8 February 1250 CE - 11 February 1250 CE Battle of Al Mansurah *** 6 April 1250 CE Battle of Fariskur


Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16th ...

* 9–12 October 1365 CE
Alexandrian Crusade The brief Alexandrian Crusade, also called the sack of Alexandria, occurred in October 1365 and was led by Peter I of Cyprus against Alexandria in Egypt. Although often referred to as and counted among the Crusades, it was relatively devoid of re ...


Eyalet of Egypt The Eyalet of Egypt (, ) operated as an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1517 to 1867. It originated as a result of the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517, following the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17) and the a ...

* 1538-1557 CE Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts * 20 April 1792 - 25 March 1802 CE
French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted French First Republic, France against Ki ...
** May–December 1798 CE Mediterranean campaign *** 1798-1801 CE
French campaign in Egypt and Syria The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests, to establish scientific enterprise in the region. It was the ...
**** 13 July 1798 CE
Battle of Shubra Khit The Battle of Shubra Khit, also known as the Battle of Chobrakit, was the first major engagement of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt that took place on 13 July, 1798. On their march to Cairo, the French army encountered an Ottoman army consisting of ...
**** 21 July 1798 CE
Battle of the Pyramids The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French Invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Embabeh, across the Nile River from Cairo, but was ...
**** 1–3 August 1798 CE
Battle of the Nile The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; french: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the ...
**** 21 October 1798
Revolt of Cairo The Revolt of Cairo was a revolt that occurred on 21–22 October 1798 by the citizens of Cairo against the French occupation of Egypt led by Napoleon Bonaparte.Chandler, p. 230. The revolt In 1798, Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swi ...
**** 25 July 1799 CE Battle of Abukir **** 19 February 1799 CE
Siege of El Arish The siege of El Arish was a successful siege by French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte against Ottoman forces under Mustafa Pasha. The French army, commanded by Jean Baptiste Kléber and Jean Reynier laid siege to the fortress of El Arish for n ...
**** 20 March 1800 CE
Battle of Heliopolis The Battle of Heliopolis or Ayn Shams was a decisive battle between Arab Muslim armies and Byzantine forces for the control of Egypt. Though there were several major skirmishes after this battle, it effectively decided the fate of the Byzantin ...
**** 8 March 1801 CE Battle of Abukir **** 13 March 1801 CE
Battle of Mandora The Battle of Mandora was a minor battle fought on 13 March 1801 between French forces under François Lanusse and the British expeditionary corps under Ralph Abercromby, during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. Background The British arm ...
**** 21 March 1801 CE Battle of Alexandria **** 17 August - 2 September 1801 CE Siege of Alexandria * 18 May 1803 CE - 20 November 1815 CE
Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
** 1807-1809 CE Anglo-Turkish War *** 1807 CE Alexandria expedition


Khedivate of Egypt The Khedivate of Egypt ( or , ; ota, خدیویت مصر ') was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, established and ruled by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty following the defeat and expulsion of Napoleon Bonaparte's forces which brou ...

* 1882 CE
Anglo-Egyptian War The British conquest of Egypt (1882), also known as Anglo-Egyptian War (), occurred in 1882 between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the United Kingdom. It ended a nationalist uprising against the Khedive Tewfik Pasha. It ...
** 11–13 July 1882 CE
Bombardment of Alexandria The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882. Admiral Beauchamp Seymour was in command of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which had previously sailed to the harbor of ...
** June–July 1882 CE Egyptian Expedition ** 1882 CE Battle of
Kassassin Kassassin ( ar, القصاصين) is a village of Lower Egypt by rail west of Ismailia, a major city on the Suez Canal. Battle of Kassassin Lock At the Sweet Water Canal, on August 28, 1882 the British force was attacked by the Egyptians, le ...
** 1882 CE Battle of Kafr el-Dawwar ** 13 September 1882 CE
Battle of Tel al-Kebir The Battle of Tel El Kebir (often spelled Tel-El-Kebir) was fought on 13 September 1882 at Tell El Kebir in Egypt, 110 km north-north-east of Cairo. An entrenched Egyptian force under the command of Ahmed ʻUrabi was defeated by a British a ...
* 1881-1899 CE
Mahdist War The Mahdist War ( ar, الثورة المهدية, ath-Thawra al-Mahdiyya; 1881–1899) was a war between the Mahdist Sudanese of the religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided On ...
** 3 August 1889 CE Battle of Toski


Sultanate of Egypt

* 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
** 29 October 1914 - 30 October 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I *** 28 January 1915 - 30 October 1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign, Sinai and Palestine Campaign **** 26 January - 4 February 1915 Raid on the Suez Canal **** 23 April 1916 Battle of Katia **** 3–5 August 1916 Battle of Romani **** 23 December 1916 Battle of Magdhaba **** 9 January 1917 Battle of Rafa **** 13–21 February 1917 Raid on Nekhl


Kingdom of Egypt

* 1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945 World War II ** 10 June 1940 - 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II *** 10 June 1940 - 13 May 1943 North African campaign, North African Campaign **** 11 June 1940 - 4 February 1943 Western Desert campaign, Western Desert Campaign ***** 9–16 September 1940 Italian invasion of Egypt ***** 9 December 1940 - 9 February 1941 Operation Compass ***** 4 February 1942 Abdeen Palace incident of 1942, Abdeen Palace Incident ***** 1–27 July 1942 First Battle of El Alamein ***** 30 August - 5 September 1942 Battle of Alam el Halfa, Battle of Alam Halfa ***** 11 October - 23 November 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein * 15 May 1948 - 10 March 1949 Arab-Israeli War of 1948, Arab-Israeli War ** December 1948 - January 1949 Battles of the Sinai (1948), Battles of the Sinai


Egypt, Republic of Egypt

* 23 July 1952 Egyptian revolution of 1952, Egyptian Revolution * 2–3 November 1955 Operation Volcano (Israeli raid) * 29 October - 7 November 1956 Suez Crisis ** October 1956 Operation Musketeer (1956), Operation Musketeer ** 1956 Operation Telescope ** 1956 Battle of Suez


Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt

* 5–11 June 1967 Six-Day War ** 5–6 June 1967 Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967), Battle of Abu-Ageila ** 8 June 1967 USS Liberty incident * 1 July 1967 - 7 August 1970 War of Attrition ** 11 July 1967 Battle of Rumani Coast ** 19 July 1969 Operation Bulmus 6 ** 20 July 1969 - 28 July 1969 Operation Boxer ** 26–27 December 1969 Operation Rooster 53 ** 7 January - 13 April 1970 Operation Priha ** 22 January 1970 Operation Rhodes ** 30 July 1970 Operation Rimon 20 * 6–25 October 1973 Yom Kippur War, Yom Kipppur War ** 6–8 October 1973 Operation Badr (1973), Operation Badr ** 6 October 1973 Battles of Fort Budapest ** 6 October 1973 Battle of Fort Lahtzanit ** 6 October 1973 Ofira Air Battle ** 6–7 October 1973 Battle of El Qantarah ** 7 October 1973 Romani ambush ** 7 October 1973 Battle of Marsa Talamat ** 7 October 1973 Operation Tagar ** 7–8 October 1973 Battle of the Moses Eyes Fortress ** 8 October 1973 Battle of Firdan ** 8–9 October 1973 Battle of Baltim ** 14 October 1973 Battle of the Sinai (1973), Battle of the Sinai ** 14 October 1973 Air battle of Mansoura, Air Battle of El Mansoura ** 15 October 1973 - 17 October 1973 Battle of the Chinese Farm ** 16 October 1973 1973 raid on Egyptian missile bases, Raid on Egyptian missile bases ** 17 October 1973 Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush ** 18 October 1973 Battle of Ismailia ** 22 October 1973 October 22 Scud missile attack, Scud missile attack ** 24–25 October 1973 Battle of Suez * 21–24 July 1977 Egyptian–Libyan War, Libyan-Egyptian War * 25 January 2011 2011 Egyptian revolution, 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Aftermath * 23 February 2011 - ''ongoing'' Sinai insurgency * 22 November 2012 - 3 July 2013 2012–2013 Egyptian protests, Egyptian protests * 3 July 2013 Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014), Political violence in Egypt * 16 February 2015 - ''ongoing'' February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya, Intervention in Libya * 25 March 2015 - ''ongoing'' Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, Intervention in Yemen


Iran


History of Sumer#Early Dynastic period, Early Dynastic Period of Sumer

* c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the List of rulers of Elam, Elamite ruler Humbaba * c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish (Sumer), Kish subdued Elam


List of kings of Babylon#Dynasty IV of Babylon, from Isin, Fourth Babylonian Dynasty

* c. 1125–1104 BCE (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's Nebuchadnezzar I#War with Elam, War with Elam


Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...

* 559–530 BCE Cyrus the Great#Rise and military campaigns, Campaigns of Cyrus the Great ** 552 BCE Persian Revolt ** 552 BCE Battle of Hyrba ** 551 BCE Battle of the Persian Border ** 550 BCE Pasargadae#History, Battle of Pasargadae


Macedonian Empire

* 335–323 BCE
Wars of Alexander the Great The wars of Alexander the Great were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, then under the rule of Darius III of Persia. ...
** January 20, 330 BCE Battle of the Persian Gate


Seleucid Empire

* 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi ** 317 BCE Battle of Paraitacene ** Winter 316 BCE Battle of Gabiene


Parthian Empire

* 238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars ** 238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia ** 129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana * 66 BCE – 217 Roman–Parthian Wars ** 40–33 BCE Antony's Parthian War ** 161–166 Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, Roman–Parthian War ** 217 CE Battle of Nisibis (217), Battle of Nisibis


Sasanian Empire

* April 24, 224 Parthian–Sasanian War * 502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars ** 440 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 440, Byzantine–Sasanian War ** 572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591, Byzantine–Sasanian War *** August 591 Battle of Blarathon * 633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia ** 642 Battle of Nahāvand


Rashidun Caliphate The Rashidun Caliphate ( ar, اَلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his ...

* 656–661 First Fitna


Umayyad Caliphate

* 680–692 Second Fitna * 743–750 Third Fitna


Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

* 809–827 Fourth Fitna


Qajar dynasty

* 1911-1913 Revolt of Salar-al-Daulah * 1914-1918
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
** 1914-1918 Persian campaign (World War I), Persian Campaign


Pahlavi dynasty

* 1918-''ongoing'' Kurdish–Iranian conflict ** 1918 Simko Shikak revolt ** 1926 1926 Shikak revolt ** 1929 Jafar Sultan revolt ** 1941-1944 Hama Rashid revolt ** 1945-1926 Iran crisis of 1946 ** 1967 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran * 1922–2022 Arab separatism in Khuzestan ** 1922–1924 Sheikh Khazal rebellion * 1939–1945 World War II ** 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran * 1963–1976 Dhofar Rebellion


Islamic Republic of Iran

* 1979 Iranian Revolution ** 1979-1983 Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution ** 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis * 1922–2022 Arab separatism in Khuzestan ** 1979 1979 Khuzestan insurgency ** 2005 2005 Ahvaz unrest ** 2005–2006 2005-06 Ahvaz bombings ** 2011 2011 Khuzestan protests ** 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack * 1918–''ongoing'' Kurdish–Iranian conflict ** 1979 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran ** 1984-1991 KDPI-Komala conflict ** 1989-1996 KDPI insurgency (1989-96) ** 2004-''ongoing'' Iran-PJAK conflict ** 2014 Mahabad riots ** 2016-''ongoing'' Western Iran clashes (2016–present) * 1980–1989 Iran-Iraq War * 1948–''ongoing '' Balochistan conflict ** 2004‐''ongoing'' Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency


Iraq


History of Sumer#Early Dynastic period, Early Dynastic Period of Sumer

* c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the List of rulers of Elam, Elamite ruler Humbaba * c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish (Sumer), Kish subdued Elam * c. 2500 BCE Aga of Kish, Aga of Kish (Sumer), Kish, the son of Enmebaragesi of Kish (Sumer), Kish, besieged Uruk * c. 2500 BCE Enmerkar of Uruk's year-long siege of Aratta * c. 2500 BCE Dumuzid, the Fisherman, Dumuzid of Uruk captured Enmebaragesi of Kish (Sumer), Kish single-handed * c. 2500 BCE Enshakushanna of Uruk conquered Hamazi, Akkad (city), Akkad, Kish (Sumer), Kish, and Nippur, claiming hegemony over all of Sumer. Enshakushanna was succeeded in Uruk by Lugal-kinishe-dudu, but the hegemony seems to have passed to Eannatum of Lagash for a time * c. 2500 BCE Eannatum of Lagash conquered all of Sumer, including Ur, Nippur, Akshak, Larsa, and Uruk (controlled by Enshakushanna) * c. 2500 BCE En-anna-tum I of Lagash succeeded his brother Eannatum and defended Lagash against Ur-Lumma of Umma * c. 2500 BCE Entemena of Lagash succeeded his father En-anna-tum I and re-established Lagash as a power in Sumer. He defeated Illi of Umma, with the aid of Lugal-kinishe-dudu of Uruk (the successor to Enshakushanna) * c. 2500 BCE Lugal-Anne-Mundu of Adab (city), Adab subjected the "Four Quarters" of the world – i.e., the entire Fertile Crescent region, from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains * c. 2295–2271 BCE (Short chronology) Lugal-zage-si of Umma conquered several of the Sumerian city-states – including Kish (Sumer), Kish, where he overthrew Ur-Zababa; Lagash, where he overthrew Urukagina; Ur, Nippur, and Larsa; as well as Uruk


History of Sumer#Akkadian Empire, Akkadian Empire

* c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad ** 2270 BCE Battle of Uruk ** Syria and Canaan campaigns ** Akkadian Empire, Akkadian conquest of Ebla ** Magan revolt * c. 2214–2206 BCE (Short chronology) Rimush of Akkad (city), Akkad faced widespread revolts which he successfully suppressed and launched a victorious campaign against Elam and Marhasi * c. 2205–2191 BCE (Short chronology) Manishtushu of Akkad (city), Akkad conquered the city of Shirasum in Elam * c. 2190–2115 BCE (Short chronology) Naram-Sin of Akkad, Naram-Sin of Akkad (city), Akkad conquered the Lullubi and Majan (civilization), Majan * c. 2115–2090 BCE (Short chronology) Shar-Kali-Sharri of Akkad (city), Akkad launched successful campaigns against Gutium, Amurru kingdom, Amurru, and Elam, among other places * c. 2090–2087 BCE (Short chronology) After Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign, there may have been a short period of crisis or struggle between Igigi, Imi, Nanum (king), Nanum, Ilulu * c. 2087–2066 BCE (Short chronology) Dudu of Akkad, Dudu of Akkad (city), Akkad ended the period of relative anarchy * c. 2066–2051 BCE (Short chronology) Akkad (city), Akkad was conquered during the reign of Shu-turul


History of Sumer#Gutian period, Gutian period of Sumer

* c. 2002 BCE (Short chronology) Gutian people, Gutian attacks on the Akkadian Empire


History of Sumer#Fifth Dynasty of Uruk, Fifth Dynasty of Uruk

* 1945–1906 BCE Ilu-shuma of Assyria made many raids into southern Mesopotamia * c. 1886–1879 BCE (Short chronology) After defeating the Gutian people, Gutian with the aid of other cities, Utu-hengal of Uruk established himself as the king of Sumer ** c. 1886 BCE (Short chronology) Defeat of Tirigan, the last Gutian dynasty of Sumer, Gutian ruler in Sumer


History of Sumer#Third Dynasty of Ur, Neo-Sumerian Empire

* c. 1879–1861 BCE (Short chronology) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash * c. 1861–1815 BCE (Short chronology) Shulgi of Ur destroyed Der (Sumer), Der, launched a campaign against Anshan (Persia), Anshan, and engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi, and others * c. 1830–1817 BCE (Short chronology) The Amorite chieftain Sumu-abum won independence from the city-state Kazallu * c. 1815–1809 BCE (Short chronology) Amar-Sin of Ur launched campaigns conducted against Urbilum, and several other regions with obscure names: Shashrum, Shurudhum, Bitum-Rabium, Jabru, and Huhnuri * c. 1813–1791 BCE Shamshi-Adad I conquered Assur, Mari, Syria, Mari, Ekallatum, and Shekhna, establishing an empire encompassing the whole of northern Mesopotamia and included territory in central Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and northern Syria * c. 1800–1776 BCE (Short chronology) During the reign of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, the Sumerian empire was attacked repeatedly by Amorites and as faith in Ibbi-Sin's leadership failed, Elam declared its independence and began to raid as well ** c. 1776 BCE (Short chronology) Elamite Sack of Ur


Sumerian King List#Dynasty of Isin, Dynasty of Isin

* c. 1766 BCE (Short chronology) Ishbi-Erra of Isin reconquered much of the former heartland of Sumer and Mesopotamia, Akkad from Elam and various invaders


History of Mesopotamia#Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian and Shamshi-Adad I, Paleo-Babylonian Empire

* c. 1752–1730 BCE (Short chronology) Damiq-ilishu of Isin, the last king on the Sumerian King List, is defeated by Sin-Muballit of Babylon * c. 1728–1686 BCE (Short chronology) Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms * c. 1720 BCE Puzur-Sin, an Assyrian vice regent drove out Asinum the Amorite vassal king of the Babylonians from Assyria, allowing the native Ashur-dugul to seize the throne and subsequently triggering a civil war which ended Babylonian and Amorite influence in Assyria by 1720 BCE


Babylonia#Kassite dynasty, 1595–1155 BC, Kassite period of Babylonia

* c. 1531 BCE (Short chronology) Fall of Babylon#The sack of Babylon and ancient Near East chronology, Fall of Babylon * c. 1507 BCE (Short chronology) Kassites, Kassite attacks on Babylon * c. 1232–1225 BCE (Short chronology) Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeated Kashtiliash IV, the Kassite king of Babylon and captured the city of Babylon to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia * c. 1157–1155 BCE (Short chronology) Enlil-nadin-ahi, the final king of the Kassite dynasty that had ruled over Babylon, was defeated by Kutir-Nahhunte of Elam, the successor of Shutruk-Nakhunte


List of kings of Babylon#Dynasty IV of Babylon, from Isin, Fourth Babylonian Dynasty

* c. 1125–1104 BCE (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's Nebuchadnezzar I#War with Elam, War with Elam


Assyrian Empire#Middle Assyrian Empire 1392–1056 BC, Meso-Assyrian Empire

* 1114–1076 BCE Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria launched campaigns against the Mushki, the Hittites, and the Arameans * c. 1074 BCE In the first year of the reign of the 89th List of Assyrian kings, Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, Ashur-bel-kala Ashur-bel-kala#The Broken Obelisk, campaigned in the north against the Kingdom of Urartu


Neo-Assyrian Empire

* 911–605 BCE Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ** 883–859 BCE Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II#Campaigns, Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II ** 859–824 BCE Campaigns of Shalmaneser III#Reign, Campaigns of Shalmaneser III ** 745–727 BCE Campaigns of Tiglath Pileser III#Reign, Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III ** 722–705 BCE Campaigns of Sargon II#Military campaigns, Campaigns of Sargon II *** 710 BCE Campaigns of Sargon II#Campaign against Babylonia, Campaign against Babylonia ** 705–681 BCE Campaigns of Sennacherib *** 703–689 BCE Campaigns of Sennacherib#War with Babylon, War with Babylon **** 693 BCE Battle of Diyala River **** 693 BCE Siege of Babylon ** 681–669 BCE Campaigns of Esarhaddon#Military campaigns, Campaigns of Esarhaddon ** 668–627 BCE Campaigns of Ashurbanipal#Military accomplishments, Campaigns of Ashurbanipal ** 627–624 BCE Ashur-Etil-Ilani#Reign, Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani *** 626 BCE Revolt of Babylon (626 BC), Revolt of Babylon ** 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha ** 627–624 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years, Campaigns of Sinsharishkun *** 626–619 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Last Strike against Babylon, Last Strike against Babylon *** 616–605 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#War in the Assyrian heartlands, War in the Assyrian heartlands **** 614 BCE Fall of Assur **** 612 BCE Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians **** 612 BCE Battle of Nineveh (612 BC), Battle of Nineveh ** 627–624 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years, Campaigns of Sinsharishkun ** 612–609 BCE Ashur-uballit II, Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II *** 610 BCE Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares *** 609 BCE Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire *** Egyptian-Babylonian wars **** 605 BCE Battle of Carchemish


Neo-Babylonian Empire

** 627–624 BCE Ashur-Etil-Ilani#Reign, Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani *** 626 BCE Revolt of Babylon (626 BC), Revolt of Babylon ** 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha ** 627–624 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years, Campaigns of Sinsharishkun *** 626–619 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Last Strike against Babylon, Last Strike against Babylon *** 616–605 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#War in the Assyrian heartlands, War in the Assyrian heartlands **** 614 BCE Fall of Assur **** 612 BCE Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians **** 612 BCE Battle of Nineveh (612 BC), Battle of Nineveh ** 627–624 BCE Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years, Campaigns of Sinsharishkun ** 612–609 BCE Ashur-uballit II, Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II *** 610 BCE Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares *** 609 BCE Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire *** Egyptian-Babylonian wars **** 605 BCE Battle of Carchemish


Athura, Achaemenid Province of Athura

* 559–530 BCE Cyrus the Great#Rise and military campaigns, Campaigns of Cyrus the Great ** September 25, 539 BCE – September 28, 539 BCE Battle of Opis ** October 29, 539 BCE Battle of Opis#Aftermath, Capture of Babylon


Macedonian Empire

* 335–323 BCE
Wars of Alexander the Great The wars of Alexander the Great were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, then under the rule of Darius III of Persia. ...
** October 1, 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela


Seleucid Empire

* 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi ** 311–309 BCE Babylonian War


Parthian Empire

* 238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars ** 238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia ** 129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana


Mesopotamia (Roman province), Roman Province of Mesopotamia

* 92 BCE – 629 CE Roman–Persian Wars *** 198 CE Battle of Ctesiphon (198), Battle of Ctesiphon *** 243 CE Battle of Resaena ** 66 BCE – 217 CE Roman–Parthian Wars *** 40–33 BCE Antony's Parthian War *** 161–166 Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, Roman–Parthian War *** 216–217 Parthian war of Caracalla **** 217 CE Battle of Nisibis (217), Battle of Nisibis


Asorestan, Sasanian Province of Asorestan

* 217–502 Roman–Sasanian wars ** Winter of 244 Battle of Misiche ** 253 Battle of Barbalissos ** 260 Battle of Edessa ** 264 Battle of Ctesiphon (264), Battle of Ctesiphon ** 344 Battle of Satala (298), Battle of Satala ** 359 Siege of Singara ** 359 Siege of Amida (359), Siege of Amida ** April 27–29, 363 Siege of Pirisabora ** May 29, 363 Battle of Ctesiphon (363), Battle of Ctesiphon ** June 363 Battle of Samarra * c. 240–272 Assur is destroyed by the Sasanian king Shapur I * 502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars ** 502–506 Anastasian War ** 526–532 Iberian War ** 572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591, Byzantine–Sasanian War ** c. 602 – c. 628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, Byzantine–Sasanian War * 633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia ** April 633 Battle of River ** May 633 Battle of Walaja ** May 633 Battle of Ullais ** May 633 Battle of Hira ** 633 Battle of Ayn al-Tamr ** November 633 Battle of Muzayyah ** November 633 Battle of Saniyy ** November 633 Battle of Zumail ** January 634 Battle of Firaz ** November 634 Battle of the Bridge ** November 16–19, 636 Battle of al-Qādisiyyah ** January–March 637 Siege of Ctesiphon (637), Siege of Ctesiphon ** April 637 Battle of Jalula


Rashidun Caliphate The Rashidun Caliphate ( ar, اَلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his ...

* 633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia ** April 633 Battle of River ** May 633 Battle of Walaja ** May 633 Battle of Ullais ** May 633 Battle of Hira ** 633 Battle of Ayn al-Tamr ** November 633 Battle of Muzayyah ** November 633 Battle of Saniyy ** November 633 Battle of Zumail ** January 634 Battle of Firaz ** November 634 Battle of the Bridge ** November 16–19, 636 Battle of al-Qādisiyyah ** January–March 637 Siege of Ctesiphon (637), Siege of Ctesiphon ** April 637 Battle of Jalula * 656–661 First Fitna ** 656 Battle of the Camel ** 659 Battle of Nahrawan


Umayyad Caliphate

* 680–692 Second Fitna ** October 10, 680 Battle of Karbala ** 692 Battle of Maskin * 743–750 Third Fitna ** January 25, 750 Battle of the Zab


Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

* September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt (762–63), Alid Revolt * 809–827 Fourth Fitna ** 812–813 Siege of Baghdad (812–813), Siege of Baghdad * 861–870 Anarchy at Samarra * 946 Battle of Baghdad (946), Battle of Baghdad * 1157 Siege of Baghdad (1157), Siege of Baghdad


Mongol Empire

* 1258 Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad * 1370–1405 Assyrian people are massacred at Assur by Timur


Ottoman Iraq

* 1532–1555 Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–55), Ottoman–Safavid War ** 1534 Capture of Baghdad (1534), Capture of Baghdad * 1623–1639 Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39), Ottoman–Safavid War ** 1623 Capture of Baghdad (1623), Capture of Baghdad ** 1638 Capture of Baghdad (1638), Capture of Baghdad * July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I ** October 29, 1914 – October 30, 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I *** November 6, 1914 – November 14, 1918 Mesopotamian campaign **** November 6, 1914 Fao Landing **** November 11–21, 1914 Battle of Basra (1914), Battle of Basra **** December 3–9, 1914 Battle of Qurna **** April 12–14, 1915 Battle of Shaiba **** September 28, 1915 Battle of Es Sinn **** November 22–25, 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon (1915), Battle of Ctesiphon **** December 7, 1915 – April 29, 1916 Siege of Kut **** January 6–8, 1916 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad **** January 13, 1916 Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi **** January 21, 1916 Battle of Hanna **** March 8, 1916 Battle of Dujaila **** March 8–11, 1917 Fall of Baghdad (1917), Fall of Baghdad **** February 23, 1917 Second Battle of Kut **** March 13 – April 23, 1917 Samarra offensive **** September 28–29, 1917 Battle of Ramadi (1917), Battle of Ramadi **** March 26–27, 1918 Action of Khan Baghdadi **** October 23–30, 1918 Battle of Sharqat


Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

* May–October 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British


Kingdom of Iraq

* 1935-1935 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts * 1939-September 2, 1945 World War II ** 1940-1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II *** 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War **** 1941 Iraq coup d'état * 1918-2003 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict ** 1922-1924 Mahmud Barzanji revolts ** 1931-1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt ** 1943-1945 1943 Barzani revolt * 1958 14 July Revolution


First Iraqi Republic

* 1959 1959 Mosul uprising * 1918-2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ** 1961-1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War * 1963 Ramadan Revolution


Ba'athist Iraq

* 1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ** September 11, 1961 – 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War ** April 1974 – Mid 1975 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War ** 1975–1983 PUK insurgency ** September 1983 – September 1988 Kurdish Rebellion of 1983, Kurdish Rebellion ** May 1994 – November 24, 1997 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War * September 22, 1980 – August 20, 1988 Iran–Iraq War ** 1980 Gulf War, Iraqi invasion *** September 23, 1980 Operation Kaman 99 *** October 29, 1980 Operation Sultan 10 *** September 30, 1980 Operation Scorch Sword *** November 28–29, 1980 Operation Morvarid ** 1981 Gulf War, Stalemate *** April 4, 1981 Attack on H3 ** 1982 Gulf War, Iranian offensive *** Early July 1982 Operation Ramadan ** 1983–85 Gulf War, Strategic stalemate *** February 6–26, 1983 Operation Before the Dawn *** April 10, 1983 Operation Dawn (1983), Operation Dawn 1 *** July 22, 1983 Operation Dawn 2 *** July 30 – August 9, 1983 Operation Dawn 3 *** October 19 – mid November, 1983 Operation Dawn-4, Operation Dawn 4 *** Early 1984 Operation Dawn 5 *** February 14 – March 19, 1984 Operation Kheibar *** February 22–24, 1984 Operation Dawn 6 *** 1984 Battle of the Marshes *** March 10–20, 1985 Operation Badr (1985), Operation Badr ** 1986–87 Gulf War, Duel offensives *** 1986–89 Al-Anfal Campaign *** March 16, 1988 Halabja poison gas attack *** February 9–25, 1986 Operation Dawn 8 *** February 11, 1986 First Battle of al-Faw *** December 25–27, 1986 Operation Karbala-4 *** January 8 – February 26, 1987 Operation Karbala-5 *** Early 1987 Operation Karbala-6 *** May 1987 Operation Karbala 10 *** May – early June 1987 Operation Nasr 4 ** 1988 Gulf War, Final stages *** Mid-March 1988 Operation Zafar 7 *** April 17, 1988 Second Battle of al-Faw ** 1981 Arab–Israeli conflict, International incidents *** June 7, 1981 Operation Opera * August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 Gulf War, Second Persian Gulf War ** 1991 Operation Desert Storm#Coalition forces enter Iraq, Operation Desert Storm *** February 15–20, 1991 Battle of Wadi al-Batin ** January 17 – February 23, 1991 Gulf War air campaign *** January 19, 1991 Package Q Strike *** February 13, 1991 4:30 am (GMT+3) Amiriyah shelter bombing ** February 24–28, 1991 Liberation of Kuwait campaign *** February 26–27, 1991 Battle of 73 Easting *** February 26, 1991 Battle of Phase Line Bullet *** February 27, 1991 Battle of Medina Ridge *** February 27, 1991 Battle for Jalibah Airfield *** February 27, 1991 Battle of Norfolk *** March 2, 1991 Battle of Rumaila *** March 1, 1991 Safwan Airfield Standoff * March 1 – April 5, 1991 1991 Iraqi uprisings, Uprisings in Iraq ** March 1 – mid-April 1991 1991 uprising in Basra, Uprising in Basra ** March 5–19, 1991 1991 uprising in Karbala, Uprising in Karbala ** March 5 – April 3, 1991 1991 uprising in Sulaymaniyah, Uprising in Sulaymaniyah ** March 11–29, 1991 1991 uprising in Kirkuk, Uprising in Kirkuk ** March 10–24, 1991 1991 uprising in Tuz Khormato, Uprising in Tuz Khormato * 1991–2002 Air engagements of the Gulf War#Post Gulf War, Air engagements of the Post Gulf War ** March 20, 1991 – In accordance with the ceasefire, an F-15C shoots down an Iraqi Su-22 bomber with an AIM-9 missile. ** March 22, 1991 – In accordance with the ceasefire, an F-15C shoots down an Iraqi Su-22 bomber with an AIM-9 missile. ** December 27, 1992 – A MiG-25 crossed the no-fly zone and an F-16D shot it down with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. It is the first kill with an AIM-120. ** January 17, 1993 – A USAF F-16C shoots down a MiG-23 when the MiG locks the F-16 up. ** January 5, 1999 – A group of four Iraqi MiG-25s crossed the no-fly zones and sparked a dogfight with two patrolling F-15Cs and two patrolling F-14s. A total of six missiles were fired at the MiGs, none of which hit them. The MiGs then bugged out using their superior speed. ** September 9, 1999 – A lone MiG-23 crossed the no-fly zone heading towards a flight of F-14s. One F-14 fired an AIM-54 Phoenix at the MiG but missed and the MiG headed back north. ** December 23, 2002 – In what was the last aerial victory for the Iraqi Air Force before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Invasion of Iraq, an Iraqi MiG-25 destroyed an American Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV RQ-1 Predator after the unmanned aerial vehicle, drone opened fire on the Iraqi aircraft with a FIM-92 Stinger, Stinger missile. * September 3, 1996 Operation Desert Strike * December 16–19, 1998 Operation Desert Fox * March 20, 2003 – December 15, 2011 Third Persian Gulf War ** March 19 – May 1, 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq, Invasion of Iraq *** March 21–25, 2003 Battle of Umm Qasr *** March 20–24, 2003 Battle of Al Faw (2003), Battle of Al Faw *** March 21 – April 6, 2003 Battle of Basra (2003), Battle of Basra *** March 23–29, 2003 Battle of Nasiriyah *** March 24, 2003 2003 attack on Karbala, Attack on Karbala *** March 24 – April 4, 2003 Battle of Najaf (2003), Battle of Najaf *** March 26, 2003 – Operation Northern Delay *** March 28–30, 2003 Operation Viking Hammer *** March 30 – April 4, 2003 Battle of Samawah (2003), Battle of Samawah *** March 31 – April 6, 2003 Battle of Karbala (2003), Battle of Karbala *** April 2–4, 2003 Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003), Battle of the Karbala Gap *** April 3–12, 2003 Battle of Baghdad (2003), Battle of Baghdad *** April 6, 2003 Battle of Debecka Pass


Coalition Provisional Authority

* 2003–2004 Third Persian Gulf War#Post-invasion phase, Post-invasion insurgency ** March 20, 2003 – December 7, 2011 Iraq War in Anbar Province ** October 26 – November 24, 2003 Ramadan Offensive (2003), Ramadan Offensive ** December 13, 2003 Operation Red Dawn ** April 4 – June 24, 2004 Iraq spring fighting of 2004, Iraq spring fighting ** April 4 – May 1, 2004 First Battle of Fallujah ** April 4 – May 11, 2008 Siege of Sadr City ** April 6–10, 2004 Battle of Ramadi (2004), Battle of Ramadi ** April 17, 2004 Battle of Husaybah (2004), Battle of Husaybah ** August 5–27, 2004 Battle of Najaf (2004), Battle of Najaf ** August 5–28, 2004 CIMIC-House ** October 1–3, 2004 Battle of Samarra (2004), Battle of Samarra ** November 7 – December 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah ** November 8–16, 2004 Battle of Mosul (2004), Battle of Mosul


History of Iraq (2003–11), Republic of Iraq

* 2005–06 Third Persian Gulf War#Post-invasion phase, Post-invasion insurgency ** May 8–19, 2005 Battle of Al Qaim ** August 1–4, 2005 Battle of Haditha ** September 1–18, 2005 Battle of Tal Afar (2005), Battle of Tal Afar ** June 17 – November 15, 2006 Battle of Ramadi (2006), Battle of Ramadi ** August 28, 2006 Battle of Diwaniya * February 2006 – May 2008 Civil war in Iraq (2006-07), Civil war in Iraq ** September 23 – October 22, 2006 Ramadan Offensive ** September 27, 2006 – February 18, 2007 Operation Sinbad ** October 19–20, 2006 Battle of Amarah ** November 15–16, 2006 Battle of Turki ** December 25, 2006 – October 1, 2007 Diyala campaign ** January 6–9, 2007 Battle of Haifa Street ** January 20, 2007 Karbala provincial headquarters raid ** January 28–29, 2007 Battle of Najaf (2007), Battle of Najaf ** February 14 – November 24, 2007 Operation Imposing Law ** February 27 – September 3, 2007 Siege of U.K. bases in Basra ** April 6–10, 2007 Operation Black Eagle ** June 16 – August 14, 2007 Operation Phantom Thunder ** March 10 – August 19, 2007 Battle of Baqubah ** June 30 – July 1, 2007 Battle of Donkey Island ** February 15, 2007 Operation Shurta Nasir ** August 27–29, 2007 Battle of Karbala (2007), Battle of Karbala ** January 8 – July 28, 2008 Operation Phantom Phoenix ** January 18–19, 2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting ** January 23 – July 28, 2008 Ninawa campaign ** March 25 – May 15, 2008 Iraq spring fighting of 2008, Iraq spring fighting ** March 25–31, 2008 Battle of Basra (2008), Battle of Basra ** April 15 – May 19, 2008 Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq


Israel


Canaan

* c. 2061–2010 BCE Mentuhotep II#Military activities outside of Egypt, Military activities in Canaan of the Pharaoh
Mentuhotep II Mentuhotep II ( egy, Mn- ṯw-ḥtp, meaning " Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his prenomen Nebhepetre ( egy, Nb- ḥpt- Rˁ, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh Dyn ...
* c. 2000 BCE Battle of Siddim * c. April 16, 1457 BCE Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC), Battle of Megiddo * c. 1290–1279 BCE Seti I#Military campaigns, Seti's military campaigns in Canaan * c. 1279–1213 BCE Ramesses II#Campaigns and battles, Campaigns and Battles of Ramesses II ** Ramesses II#First Syrian campaign, First Syrian Campaign ** Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign, Second Syrian Campaign ** Ramesses II#Third Syrian campaign, Third Syrian Campaign


Confederated Tribes of Israel

* c. 1200 BCE the biblical Battle of Gibeah


United Kingdom of Israel and Judah

* c. 1050–1010 BCE Saul, according to the Bible king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, fought in a United Kingdom of Israel and Judah#Civil war, civil war * c. 931–913 BCE Rehoboam, according to the Bible king of the Kingdom of Judah, fought the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Kingdom of Israel in a Rehoboam#Civil war, civil war


Kingdom of Judah

* 925 BCE Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC), Sack of Jerusalem an event described in the Bible as sacked by biblical Pharaoh Shishaq, who some identify as Shoshenq I of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. * 911–605 BCE Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ** 701 BCE Siege of Lachish ** 701 BCE Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib ** 701 BCE Sennacherib's campaign in Judah ** 635 BCE Fall of Ashdod * 601–587 BCE Jewish–Babylonian war ** 597 BCE Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC), Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II ** 587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC), Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II


Yehud (Babylonian province), Babylonian Province of Yehud

* 601–587 BCE Jewish–Babylonian war ** 597 BCE Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC), Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II ** 587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC), Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II


Yehud Medinata, Persian Province of Yehud Medinata

* 335–323 BCE
Wars of Alexander the Great The wars of Alexander the Great were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, then under the rule of Darius III of Persia. ...
** October 332 BCE Siege of Gaza


Seleucid Empire

* 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi ** 312 BCE Battle of Gaza (312 BC), Battle of Gaza * 219–217 BCE Fourth Syrian War ** June 22, 217 BCE Battle of Raphia * 202–195 BCE Fifth Syrian War ** 200 BCE Battle of Panium * 167–160 BCE Maccabean Revolt


Hasmonean Kingdom

* 63 BCE Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC), Siege of Jerusalem by Pompey the Great, intervening in the Hasmonean civil war on behalf of the Roman Republic.


Herodian Kingdom, Herodian Kingdom of Israel

* 37 BCE Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC), Siege of Jerusalem by Herod the Great, ending Hasmonean rule over Judea.


Tetrarchy (Judea), Roman Tetrarchy of Judea


Judea (Roman province), Roman Province of Judea

* 66–136 Jewish–Roman wars ** 66–73 First Jewish–Roman War *** 70 Siege of Jerusalem (70), Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, ending the major phase of the First Jewish–Roman War. It ended in the destruction of Herod's Temple. ** 115–117 Second Jewish–Roman War


Syria Palaestina, Roman Province of Syria Palaestina

* 66–136 Jewish–Roman wars ** 132–136 Third Jewish–Roman War


Palaestina Prima, Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima

* c. 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, Byzantine–Sasanian War ** 614–628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius *** 614 Siege of Jerusalem (614), Siege of Jerusalem by Shahrbaraz (Sasanian general) capturing the city from the Byzantines, part of the Roman-Persian Wars * Early Muslim conquests, Muslim conquests ** 629 – c. 1050 Arab–Byzantine wars *** 634–638 Muslim conquest of the Levant **** 637 Siege of Jerusalem (637), Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar, Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire


Jund Filastin, Rashidun Province of Jund Filastin

* 637 Siege of Jerusalem (637), Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar, Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire


Jund Filastin, Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin

* 1099–1291 The Crusades ** 1099 First Crusade *** 1099 Siege of Jerusalem (1099), Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade *** 1099 Battle of Ascalon


Kingdom of Jerusalem

* 1099–1291 The Crusades ** 1096–99 First Crusade *** 1099 Siege of Jerusalem (1099), Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade *** 1099 Battle of Ascalon ** Inter-Crusade Period *** September 7, 1101 Battle of Ramla (1101), First Battle of Ramla *** May 17, 1102 Battle of Ramla (1102), Second Battle of Ramla *** August 27, 1105 Battle of Ramla (1105), Third Battle of Ramla *** 1113 Battle of Al-Sannabra *** 1123 Battle of Yibneh ** 1145–1149 Second Crusade ** Inter-Crusade Period *** 1153 Battle of Ascalon (1153), Battle of Ascalon *** November 25, 1177 Battle of Montgisard *** 1179 Battle of Jacob's Ford *** July–August 1182 Battle of Belvoir Castle *** September 1183 Battle of Al-Fule (1183), Battle of Al-Fule *** May 1, 1187 Battle of Cresson *** July 4, 1187 Battle of Hattin *** 1187 Siege of Jerusalem (1187), Siege of Jerusalem ** 1189–92 Third Crusade *** 1189–91 Siege of Acre (1189–1191), Siege of Acre *** September 7, 1191 Battle of Arsuf *** August 8, 1192 Battle of Jaffa (1192), Battle of Jaffa ** 1197 Crusade of 1197, German Crusade ** 1212 Children's Crusade ** 1217–21
Fifth Crusade The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Sala ...
*** 1218–19 Siege of Damietta (1218–1219), Damietta ** 1228–29 Sixth Crusade ** Aftermath of the Sixth Crusade *** 1244 Siege of Jerusalem (1244), Siege of Jerusalem *** October 17–18, 1244 Battle of La Forbie ** 1251 Shepherds' Crusade (1251), Shepherds' Crusade ** Late Crusades Period *** 1265 Fall of Caesarea *** 1265 Fall of Haifa (1265), Fall of Haifa *** 1265 Fall of Arsuf *** April 4 – May 18, 1291 Siege of Acre (1291), Siege of Acre ** 1271–72 Ninth Crusade ** April 4 – May 18, 1291 Siege of Acre (1291), Siege of Acre * 1260–1300 Mongol raids into Palestine ** September 3, 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut


Damascus Eyalet, Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus

* 1516–17 Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17), Ottoman–Mamluk War ** October 28, 1516 Battle of Yaunis Khan * May 17, 1805 – March 2, 1848 Campaigns of Muhammad Ali of Egypt ** 1834 Arab revolt in Palestine


Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Vilayet of Syria

* July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I ** October 29, 1914 – October 30, 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I *** November 17 – December 30, 1917 Battle of Jerusalem (1917), Battle of Jerusalem *** November 18–24, 1917 Battle of Nebi Samwil *** December 1, 1917 Battle of El Burj *** December 20–21, 1917 Battle of Jaffa (1917), Battle of Jaffa


State of Israel

* 1948–49 1948 Palestine war ** 1948 Siege of Jerusalem (1948), Siege of Jerusalem * 1951–55 Retribution operations * 1956 Suez War * 1967 Six-Day War ** 1967 Six-Day War#West Bank, Encirclement of Jerusalem * 1967–70 War of Attrition * 1973 Yom Kippur War * 1978 1978 South Lebanon conflict, South Lebanon conflict * 1982 1982 Lebanon War, First Lebanon War * 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000), South Lebanon conflict * 1987–93 First Intifada * 2000–04 Second Intifada * 2006 Second Lebanon War * 2008–09 Gaza War (2008–09), Gaza War * 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense * 2014 Gaza War


Lebanon

* 1279–1213 BCE Ramesses II#Campaigns and battles, Campaigns and battles of Ramesses II ** Ramesses II#First Syrian campaign, First Syrian campaign ** Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign, Second Syrian campaign ** Ramesses II#Third Syrian campaign, Third Syrian campaign * 1200 BCE Amurru kingdom was destroyed by the Sea Peoples * 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War * 1958 Lebanon Crisis * 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War ** 1978 Hundred Days' War ** 1982-1985 1982 Lebanon War, Lebanon War ** 1983-1984 Mountain War (Lebanon), Mountain War ** 1985-1988 War of the Camps * 1948-''ongoing'' Israeli–Lebanese conflict ** 1985-2000 South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000), South Lebanon conflict ** 2006 2006 Lebanon War ** 2007 2007 Lebanon conflict ** 2008 2008 conflict in Lebanon * 2010-2012 Arab Spring ** March 15, 2011 – ''ongoing'' Syrian Civil War *** 2011 – 2019 Spillover of the Syrian Civil War **** June 17, 2011 – 28 August 2017 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon


Saudi Arabia


Early Muslim conquests, Muslim conquests

* List of expeditions of Muhammad * Ridda wars


Rashidun Caliphate The Rashidun Caliphate ( ar, اَلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his ...

* 656–661 First Fitna


Umayyad Caliphate

* 680–692 Second Fitna * 743–750 Third Fitna


Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

* September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt (762–763), Alid Revolt


First Saudi state

* 1746 Battle of Riyadh * 1764 Battle of Al-Hayer * 1789 Battle of ghrimeel * 1793 Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion * 1793 – 1798 Invasion of Qatar * April 21 – 1802 or 1801 Wahhabi sack of Karbala, Invasion of Karbala * 1811 Battle of Khakeekera * Early 1811 – 1818 Ottoman–Wahhabi War, Ottoman–Saudi War


Emirate of Nejd, Second Saudi state

* 1821 – 1824 Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet * 1865 – 1875 Abdul Rahman bin Faisal#Royal Civil War, Royal Civil War * 1870 – 1871 Al-Hasa Expedition * 1883 Battle of Arwa * 24 January 1891 Battle of Mulayda


Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

* 1902–1934 Unification of Saudi Arabia ** 13 January 1902 Battle of Riyadh (1902) ** 27 January 1903 Battle of Dilam ** 1903 – 1907 Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907) ** 1910 Battle of Hadia ** 1913 Conquest of al-Hasa (1913) ** 17 January 1915 Battle of Jarrab ** 1915 Battle of Kinzaan ** July 1918 – 4 July 1919 First Saudi–Hashemite War ** 1919 – 1920 Kuwait-Najd War ** 1921 Second Saudi–Rashidi War ** September 1924 – December 1925 Second Saudi-Hashemite War ** 1927 – 1930 Ikhwan Revolt * 1934 Saudi–Yemeni War * 1948-1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War * 1962-1970 North Yemen Civil War * 1969 Al-Wadiah War * 1973 Yom Kippur War * 1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War * 1979 Grand Mosque seizure * 1979 1979 Qatif uprising * 1979–1983, 2011–2020 Qatif conflict * 1991 Gulf War * 2009-2010 Operation Scorched Earth * 2014-''ongoing'' Military intervention against ISIL * 2015-''ongoing'' Yemeni Civil War (2014–present), Yemeni Civil War * 2017–2020 Qatif unrest


Syria


History of Mesopotamia#Chalcolithic period, Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia

* c. 3500 BCE Hamoukar#Archaeology, Battle at Hamoukar


Akkadian Empire

* c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad ** Ebla#First destruction of Ebla, Akkadian conquest of Ebla


Hittite Empire

* c. 1282 BCE Seti I#Capture of Kadesh, Capture of Kadesh * Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign, Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II ** Late May 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh


Neo-Assyrian Empire

* 854–846 BCE Assyrian conquest of Aram ** 853 BCE Battle of Qarqar


Seleucid Empire

* 274–168 BCE Syrian Wars ** 274–271 BCE First Syrian War ** 260–253 BCE Second Syrian War ** 246–241 BCE Third Syrian War ** 219–217 BCE Fourth Syrian War ** 202–195 BCE Fifth Syrian War ** 170–168 BCE Sixth Syrian War


French Mandate of Syria

* 1920 Franco-Syrian War * 1925-1927 Great Syrian Revolt * 1945 Levant Crisis


Syrian Arab Republic

* 1967 Six-Day War * 1973 Yom Kippur War * 1979-1982 Islamist uprising in Syria * * March 15, 2011 – ''ongoing'' Syrian Civil War ** April 25 – May 5, 2011 Siege of Daraa ** May 6, 2011 – ''March 27, 2017'' Siege of Homs ** May 7–14, 2011 Siege of Baniyas


Turkey


Hittite Empire

* 1650–1600 BCE Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I * 1430–1350 BCE Kaskians, Kaska invasions of Hittite Empire, Hatti * 1260–1240 BCE Trojan War


Kingdom of Diaokhi

* 1112 BCE Diaokhi–Assyrian War * 756–741 BCE Diaokhi–Urartian War * 729–722 BCE Colchian–Cimmerian War


Lydian Empire

* May 28, 585 BCE Eclipse of Thales, Battle of Halys


Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...

* 547 BCE Siege of Sardis (547 BC), Siege of Sardis * 499–449 BCE Greco-Persian Wars ** 499–493 BCE Ionian Revolt ** 492–490 BCE First Persian invasion of Greece ** 480–478 BCE Second Persian invasion of Greece *** August 27, 479 BCE Battle of Mycale ** 477–449 BCE Wars of the Delian League *** 466 BCE or 469 BCE Battle of the Eurymedon


Macedonian Empire

* 335–323 BCE
Wars of Alexander the Great The wars of Alexander the Great were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, then under the rule of Darius III of Persia. ...
** May 334 BCE Battle of the Granicus ** 334 BCE Siege of Miletus ** 334 BCE Siege of Halicarnassus ** November 5, 333 BCE Battle of Issus


Seleucid Empire

* 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi * 238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars


Roman Republic

* 192–188 BCE Roman–Syrian War * 92 BCE – 629 CE Roman-Persian Wars ** June 8, 218 CE Battle of Antioch (218), Battle of Antioch ** 260 Battle of Edessa ** 344 Siege of Singara ** 359 Siege of Amida (359), Siege of Amida


Kingdom of Pontus

* 88–63 BCE Mithridatic Wars ** 88–84 BCE First Mithridatic War ** 83–81 BCE Second Mithridatic War *** 82 BCE Battle of Halys ** 75–63 BCE Third Mithridatic War


Roman Empire

* 66–217 Roman-Parthian Wars ** June 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae ** 39 BCE Battle of the Cilician Gates ** 39 BCE Battle of Amanus Pass


Byzantine Empire

* 421–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars ** 421–422 Roman–Sasanian War (421–422), Roman–Sasanian War ** 502–506 Anastasian War ** 526–532 Iberian War ** 572–591 Roman–Persian War of 572–591, Roman–Persian War ** 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, Byzantine–Sasanian War *** 610 Antioch riots *** 613 Battle of Antioch (613), Battle of Antioch *** 610–628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius *** 615 Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor (615), Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor *** 622 Heraclius' campaign of 622, Heraclius' campaign *** 602–628 Byzantine assault on Persia *** 626 Siege of Constantinople (626), Siege of Constantinople *** 627–629 Third Perso-Turkic War * 629–1050s Arab–Byzantine wars ** 674–678 Siege of Constantinople (674–78), Siege of Constantinople ** 717–718 Siege of Constantinople (717–18), Siege of Constantinople ** 804–805 Battle of Krasos ** 838 Battle of Anzen ** 838 Sack of Amorium ** 863 Battle of Lalakaon ** John Kourkouas' campaigns *** 926–930 First Melitene campaign and conquest of Kalikala *** 931–934 Second Malitene campaign ** Sayf al-Dawla campaigns *** 944 Conquest of Aleppo *** 953 Battle of Marash (953), Battle of Marash *** 962 Siege of Aleppo


Seljuq Empire

* 1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars ** August 26, 1071 Battle of Manzikert * 1090–1194 Nizari–Seljuk conflicts


Sultanate of Rum

* 1095–1099 First Crusade ** July 1, 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum (1097), Battle of Dorylaeum * 1145–1149 Second Crusade ** October 25, 1147 Battle of Dorylaeum (1147), Battle of Dorylaeum * 1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars ** September 17, 1176 Battle of Myriokephalon ** 1207 Siege of Antalya ** 1203 Siege of Constantinople (1203), Siege of Constantinople ** 1204 Siege of Constantinople (1204), Siege of Constantinople


Latin Empire

* 1204–1261 Bulgarian–Latin wars ** 1235 Siege of Constantinople (1235), Siege of Constantinople * Nicaean–Latin Wars ** 1260 Siege of Constantinople (1260), Siege of Constantinople


Ottoman Empire

* 1265–1479 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars ** 1265–1328 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Rise of the Ottomans: 1265–1328, Rise of the Ottomans ** 1328–1341 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Byzantium counter: 1328–1341, Byzantium counter *** 1331 Siege of Nicaea (1331), Siege of Nicaea *** 1333–1337 Siege of Nicomedia ** 1341–1371 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Balkan invasion and civil war: 1341–1371, Balkan invasion and civil war ** 1371–1394 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Byzantine civil war and vassalage: 1371–1394, Byzantine civil war and vassalage ** 1394–1424 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Resumption of hostilities: 1394–1424, Resumption of hostilities *** 1422 Siege of Constantinople (1422), Siege of Constantinople ** 1424–1453 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Ottoman victory 1424–1453, Ottoman campaign on Constantinopolis *** April 6, 1453 – May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople * 1893 Battle of Al Wajbah * 1893-1908 Macedonian Struggle * 1894 1894 Sasun rebellion * 1894-1897 Hamidian massacres ** 1895-1896 Zeitun rebellion (1895–96) * 1897 Greco-Turkish War (1897) * 1903 Theriso revolt * 1903 Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising * 1904 1904 Sasun uprising * 1905 Shoubak revolts, Shoubak revolt of 1905 * 1906 Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906) * 1908 Young Turk Revolution * 1909 31 March Incident * 1909-1910 Hauran Druze Rebellion * 1910 Albanian revolt of 1910 * 1910 Karak revolt * 1911 Albanian revolt of 1911 * 1911-1912 Italo-Turkish War * 1912 Albanian revolt of 1912 * 1912-1913 Balkan Wars ** 1912-1913 First Balkan War *** 1912 Battle of Kumanovo *** 1912 Battle of Prilep *** 1912 Battle of Monastir *** 1912-1913 Battle of Adrianople (1913), Siege of Adrianople *** 1912-1913 Siege of Scutari ** 1913 Second Balkan War * 1914-1918
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** 1914-1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I *** 1914-1918 Caucasus campaign *** 1914-1918 Mesopotamian campaign *** 1914-1918 South Arabia during World War I *** 1914-1918 Persian campaign (World War I), Persian Campaign *** 1915-1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign *** 1915-1916 Gallipoli campaign *** 1916-1918 Arab Revolt * 1919-1923 Turkish War of Independence ** 1918-1922 Franco-Turkish War ** 1919-1922 Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), Greco-Turkish War ** 1919-1920 [Revolt of Ahmet Anzavur] ** 1920 Turkish-Armenian War ** 1920 Battle of Geyve ** 1920 Konya rebellion


Republic of Turkey

* 1921 Kurdish rebellions in Turkey ** 1921 Koçgiri rebellion ** 1924 Beytussebab rebellion ** 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion ** 1927-1930 Ararat rebellion ** 1937-1938 Dersim rebellion ** 1978-''ongoing'' Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) ** 1990-''ongoing'' Serhildan ** 2015-''ongoing'' Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) * 1960 1960 Turkish coup d'état * 1962 February 22, 1962 uprising * 1963 May 20, 1963 uprising * 1969 20 May 1969 coup attempt * 1971 1971 Turkish military memorandum * 1963-1964 Cypriot intercommunal violence * 1972-''ongoing'' Maoist insurgency in Turkey ** 1990-''present'' DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey * 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus * 1980 1980 Turkish coup d'état * 1997 1997 Turkish military memorandum * 1993-''ongoing'' Turkish government–Gülen movement conflict ** 2013 Gezi Park protests ** 2016 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt ** 2016 2016–present purges in Turkey


Central Asia


Afghanistan


Ghaznavids

* 962 Ghaznavids, Ghaznavid Empire


Afghan Empires and the Great Game

* 1709 Hotaki Empire and Durrani Empire * The Great Game *Khost rebellion (1856–1857) *Khost rebellion (1912) *Khost rebellion (1924–1925) *Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) *Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) *Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) *Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) *War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)


Russian Empire

* 1916–1934 Basmachi movement


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

* 1916–1934 Basmachi movement * 1979–1988 Soviet–Afghan War


Kazakhstan

*1916-1934 Basmachi movement *1917-1923 Russian Civil War **1917-1920 Alash Orda


Kyrgyzstan

* 1898 Andijan uprising of 1898 *1916 Central Asian revolt of 1916 *1990 Osh riots (1990), Osh riots *1999 Batken Conflict *2005 Tulip Revolution *2010 Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 **2010 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots


Tajikistan


Dayuan

* 104–101 BCE War of the Heavenly Horses


Tajikistan

* 1992-1997 Tajikistani Civil War * 2010-2012 Tajikistan insurgency


Turkmenistan

* Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars ** 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan * 1916-1934 Basmachi Movement


Uzbekistan


Sogdia

* 335–323 BCE
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** 327 BCE Siege of the Sogdian Rock


Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

* 250 BCE Greco-Bactria#Independence and Diodotid dynasty, Independence * 230 BCE Greco-Bactria#Euthydemid dynasty and Seleucid invasion, Overthrow of Diodotus II * 210 BCE Greco-Bactria#Euthydemid dynasty and Seleucid invasion, Seleucid invasion * 180 BCE Greco-Bactria#Expansion into the Indian subcontinent (after 180 BC), Expansion into India * 141 BCE Greco-Bactria#Defeats by Parthia, Defeats against Parthia


Yuezhi, Yuezhi Kingdom

* 162 BCE Greco-Bactrian Kingdom#Yuezhi expansion (c. 162 BC-), Yuezhi expansion


Indo-Greek Kingdom

* 36 BCE Sogdiana#Battle of Sogdiana, Battle of Sogdiana


Kushan Empire

* 1st and 2nd Centuries CE Kushan expansion


Rouran Khaganate

* Rouran Khaganate#Origin, Origin and expansion


Göktürk Khaganate

* Göktürk civil war * Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue * Tang campaigns against the Western Turks * 657 Conquest of the Western Turks


Khwarazmian dynasty

* 1216–1221 Mongol invasion of Central Asia


Mongol Empire

* 1262 Berke–Hulagu war


Timurid dynasty

* 1370 Siege of Balkh (1370), Siege of Balkh


Zunghar Khanate

* Zunghar Khanate#Conquest of the Tarim Basin and war with the Central Asians, Conquest of the Tarim Basin and war with the Central Asians


Russian Empire

* The Great Game * 1916–1934 Basmachi movement


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

* 1916–1934 Basmachi movement


Russian Empire

* 1916–1934 Basmachi movement


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

* 1916–1934 Basmachi movement * 1979–1988 Soviet–Afghan War


East Asia


China


Longshan culture

* 2852–2070 BCE Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Period ** c. 2500 BCE Battle of Banquan ** c. 2500 BCE Battle of Zhuolu


Xia dynasty

* c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang ** c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao


Shang dynasty

* c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang ** c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao * c. 1046 BC\ ** c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye


Zhou dynasty

* c. 1046 BCE Foundation of the Zhou dynasty ** c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye * 771–476 BCE Spring and Autumn period ** 632 BCE Battle of Chengpu ** 595 BCE Battle of Bi ** 588 BCE Battle of An ** 575 BCE Battle of Yanling ** 506 BCE Battle of Boju ** 4th century BCE Gojoseon–Yan War ** 478 BCE Battle of Lize * 475–221 BCE Warring States period ** 453 BCE Battle of Jinyang ** 353 BCE Battle of Guiling ** 342 BCE Battle of Maling ** 293 BCE Battle of Yique ** 260 BCE Battle of Changping ** 230–221 BCE Qin's wars of unification


Qin dynasty

* 215 BCE Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu * 214 BCE Qin's campaign against the Yue tribes * 209 BCE Dazexiang Uprising


Han dynasty

* 206–202 BCE Chu–Han Contention ** 207 BCE Battle of Julu ** 205 BCE Battle of Pengcheng ** 205 BCE Battle of Jingxing ** 203 BCE Battle of Wei River ** 202 BCE Battle of Gaixia ** 200 BCE Battle of Baideng * 154 BCE Rebellion of the Seven States * 133 BCE – 89 Han–Xiongnu War ** 133 BCE Battle of Mayi ** 119 BCE Battle of Mobei ** 99 BCE Battle of Tian Shan ** 67 BCE Battle of Jushi ** 36 BCE Battle of Zhizhi ** 73 CE Battle of Yiwulu ** 89 CE Battle of Ikh Bayan * 2nd century BCE Southward expansion of the Han dynasty ** 111 BCE Han–Nanyue War * 109-108 BCE Han-Gojoseon War * 17–25 CE Lülin Rebellion ** 23 Battle of Kunyang * 189–220 End of the Han dynasty ** 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion ** 190 Campaign against Dong Zhuo *** 190 Battle of Xingyang (190), Battle of Xingyang ** 191 Battle of Yangcheng ** 191 Battle of Jieqiao ** 191 Battle of Xiangyang (191), Battle of Xiangyang ** 193 Battle of Fengqiu ** 194 Battle of Yan Province ** 194 Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong ** 197 War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu#Battle of Wancheng, Battle of Wancheng ** 198 War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu#Battle of Rangcheng, Battle of Rangcheng ** 198 Battle of Xiapi ** 199 Battle of Yijing ** 199 Campaign against Yuan Shu ** 200 Battle of Guandu ** 202 Battle of Bowang ** 208 Battle of Xiakou ** 208 Battle of Changban ** 208 Battle to the Southwest of Xiakou ** 208 Battle of Red Cliffs ** 209 Battle of Jiangling (208), Battle of Jiangling ** 211 Battle of Tong Pass (211), Battle of Tong Pass ** 213 Siege of Jicheng ** 213 Battle of Lucheng ** 214 Liu Bei's takeover of Yi Province ** 215 Battle of Baxi ** 215 Battle of Yangping ** 217 Battle of Xiaoyao Ford ** 218 Battle of Ruxu (217), Battle of Ruxu ** 219 Battle of Mount Dingjun ** 219 Battle of Han River ** 219 Battle of Fancheng ** 219 Lü Meng's invasion of Jing Province


Cao Wei, Wei dynasty

* 220–280 Three Kingdoms ** 222 Battle of Xiaoting ** 225 Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign ** Spring 228 – August 234 Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions *** 228 Battle of Tianshui *** 228 Battle of Jieting *** 228 Battle of Shiting *** 229 Siege of Chencang *** 234 Battle of Wuzhang Plains ** 227–228 Xincheng Rebellion ** 244 Battle of Xingshi ** 247–262 Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions *** 255 Battle of Didao ** 263 Conquest of Shu by Wei


Jin dynasty (265–420), Jìn dynasty

* 220–280 Three Kingdoms ** 280 Conquest of Wu by Jin * 291 War of the Eight Princes * 304–439 Sixteen Kingdoms ** 304 Wu Hu uprising ** 354 Huan Wen's expeditions ** 383 Battle of Fei River ** 395 Battle of Canhe Slope ** 409 Liu Yu's expeditions


Liu Song dynasty

* 420–589 Southern and Northern Dynasties ** 537 Battle of Shayuan


Sui dynasty

* 602 Ly–Sui War * 598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War * 617–621 Transition from Sui to Tang ** 617 Battle of Huoyi ** 621 Battle of Hulao


Tang dynasty

* 629–630 Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks ** 630 Battle of Yinshan * 640–657 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks ** 640–648 Tang campaign against the oasis states ** 640 Conquest of Karakhoja ** 644–648 Conquest of Karasahr ** 648–649 Conquest of Kucha ** 657 Battle of Irtysh River ** 657 Conquest of the Western Turks * 645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War ** 645 Siege of Yodong ** 645 Siege of Ansi ** 668 Siege of Pyongyang * 660–663 Baekje-Tang War ** 663 Battle of Baekgang * 670 Battle of Dafei River * 698 Battle of Tianmenling * 7th century – 8th century Muslim conquest of Transoxiana ** 717 Battle of Aksu (717), Battle of Aksu ** 751 Battle of Talas * 745–749 Siege of Shibao fortress * December 16, 755 – February 17, 763 An Lushan Rebellion ** 756 Battle of Tong Pass ** 756 Battle of Yongqiu ** 757 Battle of Suiyang ** 757 Battle of Xiangjisi ** 758–759 Battle of Xiangzhou ** 762 Battle of Luoyang * 801–802 Battle of Weizhou * 819 Battle of Yanzhou * 874–884 Huang Chao Rebellion


Song dynasty

* 1129–1141 Yue Fei's campaign against Jin * November 1125 – 13th century Jin–Song Wars ** 1161 Battle of Tangdao ** 1161 Battle of Caishi * 1235–1279 Song–Yuan wars ** 1273 Battle of Xiangyang ** 1279 Battle of Yamen


Liao dynasty

* November 15, 976 – May 8, 997 Emperor Taizong of Song#Military campaigns, Military campaigns of Emperor of China, Emperor Emperor Taizong of Song, Taizong of the Song dynasty ** 979–982 Emperor Taizong of Song#First campaign against Liao Dynasty, First campaign against Liao dynasty *** 979 Battle of Gaoliang River ** 982–988 Emperor Taizong of Song#Second campaign against Liao Dynasty, Second campaign against Liao dynasty *** 986 Emperor Taizong of Song, Chi go Pass Campaign * February 12, 1101 – March 26, 1125 Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, Reign of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao ** 1114–1122 Emperor Tianzuo of Liao#Jurchen invasion, Jurchen invasion ** 1123–1125 Emperor Tianzuo of Liao#End of Liao Dynasty, End of Liao dynasty


Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin dynasty

* 1206–1337 Mongol conquests ** 1211–1234 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty *** 1211 Battle of Yehuling *** 1215 Battle of Zhongdu


Yuan dynasty

* 1351 Red Turban Rebellion ** August 30 – October 4, 1363 Battle of Lake Poyang


Ming dynasty

* 1381 Ming conquest of Yunnan * 1300s–1400s Miao Rebellions (Ming dynasty), Miao Rebellions * 1399–1402 Jingnan Campaign * 1400s–1500s Ming–Turpan conflict * 1406–1407 Ming–Hồ War * 1405–1433 Treasure voyages ** 1410 Ming–Kotte War * 1206–1337 Mongol invasions ** 1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress * 1510 Prince of Anhua rebellion * 1519 Prince of Ning rebellion * 1521 First Battle of Tamao (1521), First Battle of Tamao * 1522 Second Battle of Tamao (1522), Second Battle of Tamao * 1618–1683 Manchu conquest of China ** 1619 Battle of Sarhu ** 1626 Battle of Ningyuan ** 1640 Battle of Songjin ** 1644 Battle of Shanhai Pass * 1633 Battle of southern Fujian sea (1633), Battle of the Southern Fujian Sea * 1642 Battle of Nanyang * 1644 Occupied Beijing


Qing dynasty

* 1652–1689 Sino–Russian border conflicts * 1674–1681 Revolt of the Three Feudatories * 1683 Battle of Penghu * 1690–1757 First Oirat–Manchu War ** September 3, 1690 Battle of Ulan Butung ** 1696 Battle of Zuunmod * 1718 Battle of the Salween River * 1747–1792 Ten Great Campaigns * 1796 White Lotus Rebellion * 1839–1842 First Anglo-Chinese War ** 1839 Battle of Chuenpi, First Battle of Chuenpi ** 1840 Capture of Chusan ** 1840 Battle of the Barrier ** 1841 Second Battle of Chuenpi ** 1841 Battle of the Bogue ** 1841 Battle of First Bar ** 1841 Battle of Whampoa ** March 1841 Battle of Canton (March 1841), Battle of Canton ** May 1841 Battle of Canton (May 1841), Battle of Canton ** 1841 Battle of Amoy ** 1841 Capture of Chusan (1841), Capture of Chusan ** 1841 Battle of Chinhai ** 1842 Battle of Ningpo ** 1842 Battle of Tzeki ** 1842 Battle of Chapu ** 1842 Battle of Woosung ** 1842 Battle of Chinkiang * 1851–1864 Taiping Rebellion ** 1850 Jintian Uprising ** 1853 Battle of Nanjing (1853), Battle of Nanjing ** 1856 First rout the Army Group Jiangnan ** 1858 Battle of Sanhe ** 1860 Second rout the Army Group Jiangnan ** 1861 Ye Yenlai, Battle of Anqing ** 1861 Battle of Guanzhong (1861), Battle of Guanzhong ** 1861 Battle of Shanghai (1861), Battle of Shanghai ** 1862 Battle of Cixi ** 1863 Tan SauGuan, Battle of Suzhou ** 1863 Battle of Changzhou ** 1864 Third Battle of Nanking ** 1864 Hubei Pocket ** 1865 Fujian Pocket * 1856–1873 Panthay Rebellion * 1862–1877 Dungan Revolt (1862–77), Dungan Revolt ** 1870 Battle of Ürümqi (1870), Battle of Ürümqi * 1864–1869 Nien Rebellion ** 1867 Battle of Inlon River * 1856–1860 Second Anglo-Chinese War ** 1856 Battle of the Pearl River Forts, Pearl River Forts ** 1857 Battle of Fatshan Creek, Fatshan Creek ** 1858 First Battle of Taku Forts ** 1859 Second Battle of Taku Forts ** 1860 Third Battle of Taku Forts ** 1860 Battle of Palikao * August 1884 – April 1885 Franco-Chinese War ** 1883 Sơn Tây Campaign ** 1883 Battle of Paper Bridge ** 1884 Bắc Ninh Campaign ** 1884 Bắc Lệ ambush ** 1884 Battle of Fuzhou ** 1884 Kep Campaign ** 1884 Keelung Campaign ** 1885 Lạng Sơn Campaign ** 1885 Battle of Shipu ** 1885 Battle of Zhenhai ** 1885 Siege of Tuyên Quang ** 1885 Battle of Hòa Mộc ** 1885 Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass), Battle of Bang Bo ** 1885 Battle of Phu Lam Tao ** 1885 Keelung Campaign ** 1885 Pescadores campaign (1885), Pescadores Campaign * 1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War ** 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei * 1895–1896 Dungan Revolt (1895), Dungan Revolt * 1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion ** 1900 Battle of Taku Forts (1900), Battle of Taku Forts ** 1900 Battle of Tientsin ** 1900 Battle of Shanhaiguan (1900), Battle of Shanhaiguan ** 1900 Battle of Beicang ** 1900 Battle of Yangcun ** 1900 Battle of Yingkou ** 1900 Battles on Amur River (1900), Battles on Amur River ** 1900 Battle of Peking (1900), Battle of Peking ** 1900 Seymour Expedition ** 1900 Siege of the International Legations (Boxer Rebellion), Siege of the International Legations * February 8, 1904 – 5 September 5, 1905 Russo-Japanese War * 1911–1912 Xinhai Revolution ** 1911 Wuchang Uprising


Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China

* October 10, 1911 – February 12, 1912 Xinhai Revolution * 1916–1928 Warlord Era ** 1926–1928 Northern Expedition * 1927–1950 Chinese Civil War * September 18, 1931 – February 27, 1932 Japanese invasion of Manchuria ** September 18, 1931 – February 18, 1932 Mukden Incident * April 1933 – December 1936 Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–36), Actions in Inner Mongolia ** January 1 – May 31, 1933 Defense of the Great Wall * July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945 Second Sino-Japanese War * September 1, 1939 – 2 September 2, 1945 World War II ** 1937–1945 Pacific War ** 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II


People's Republic of China

* 1950–1991 Cold War ** 1950–1953 Korean War ** 1969 Sino–Soviet border conflict ** 1967 Chola incident ** 1962 Sino-Indian War ** 1964 Battle of the Paracel Islands ** 1979, 1984 Sino-Vietnamese War ** 1987 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish ** 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish * Xinjiang Conflict (ongoing)


Japan

* c. 7th century BCE Emperor Jimmu, Emperor Jinmu's Expedition * c. 1st century BCE Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion * c. 1st century - early 2nd century Yamato Takeru Expedition * 146-189 or 178-184 Civil War of Wa * c. 3rd century Empress Jingū, Empress Jingu Expedition * 391-404 Goguryeo-Yamato Guerra * 463 Kibi Clan Rebellion * 479 Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion * 527-528 Iwai Rebellion * 534 Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion * 587 Battle of Shigisan * 645 Isshi Incident * 658-660 Abe's expedition to Hirafu * August 27–28, 663 Battle of Baekgang * 672 Jinshin Guerra * 720-721 Hayato rebellion, Hayato Rebellion * 740 Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion, Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion * 764 Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion * 774-811 Thirty-Eight Year Guerra * 780-781? Hoki Rebellion * 788 Battle of Subuse * 801 Conquest by Sakanoue in Tamuramaro * 811 Last Conquest by Funya on Watamaro * 878 Gangyo Rebellion * 893 Kanbyo Silla pirate invasion * 936-941 Johei-Tengyo Rebellion * 947 Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion * 1019 Toi invasion * 1028-1030 Taira no the Tadatsune Rebellion * 1051-1062 Zenkunen Guerra * 1051 Battle of Onikiribe * 1057 Battle of Kinomi * 1062 Siege of Komatsu * 1062 Siege of Koromogawa * 1062 Siege of Kuriyagawa * 1070 Enkyu Battle of Ezo * 1083-1087 Gosannen Guerra * 1087 Siege of Kanezawa * 1107-1108 Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion * 1156 Hōgen rebellion, Hogen Rebellion * 1159 Heiji rebellion, Heiji Rebellion * 1180–1185 Genpei War ** 1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama ** 1180 Battle of Fujigawa ** 1181 Battle of Sunomata-gawa ** 1183 Battle of Kurikara ** 1184 Siege of Hōjūjidono ** 1184 Battle of Uji (1184), Battle of Uji ** 1184 Battle of Awazu ** 1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani ** 1184 Battle of Kojima ** 1185 Battle of Yashima ** 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura * 1189 Ōshū War * 1213 Wada Rebellion * 1247 Miura Rebellion * 1221 Jōkyū War * 1221 Battle of Uji (1221), Battle of Uji * 1274–1281 Mongol invasions of Japan ** 1274 Battle of Bun'ei ** 1281 Battle of Kōan * 1331-1333 Genkō War ** 1331 Siege of Kasagi ** 1331 Siege of Akasaka ** 1333 Siege of Chihaya ** 1333 Battle of Bubaigawara ** 1333 Siege of Kamakura (1333), Siege of Kamakura ** 1335 Nakasendai Rebellion ** 1336 Battle of Tatarahama (1336), Battle of Tatarahama ** 1336 Battle of Minatogawa ** 1337 Siege of Kanegasaki (1337), Siege of Kanegasaki ** 1338 Battle of Ishiku ** 1348 Battle of Shijōnawate, Battle of Shijō Nawate ** 1350-1352 Incident Kannō ** 1351 Battle of Uchidehama ** 1359 Battle of Chikugogawa ** 1399 Ōei Rebellion ** 1416-1417 Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū ** 1438-1439 Eikyō Rebellion ** 1440 Siege of Yūki ** 1441 Incident Kakitsu ** 1456-1457 Koshamain's War, Koshamain's Revolt *1455-1482 Kyōtoku incident, Kyōtoku Incident **1455 Battle of Bubaigawara **1459-1477 Battle of Irako **1476-1480 Nagao Kageharu Rebellion **1477 Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara * 1467 Ōnin War ** 1487-1505 Chōkyō Incident ** 1504 Battle of Tachigawara ** 1506 Battle of Kuzuryūgawa ** 1509 Battle of Nyoigatake ** 1510 Battle of Nagamorihara ** 1510 Siege of Gongenyama ** 1516 Siege of Arai ** 1517 Battle of Arita-Nakaide ** 1521 Battle of Iidagawara ** 1523 Ningbo Turmoil ** 1527 Battle of Katsuragawa ** 1539 Battle of Tatenawate ** 1531 Battle of Shiokawa no gawara ** 1531 Kyoroku War ** 1531 Battle of Daimotsu ** 1532-1535 Tenbun War ** 1532 Siege of Iimoriyama ** 1532 Siege of Sakai ** 1532 Siege of Yamashina Honganji ** 1535 Battle of Idano ** 1536 Battle of Un no Kuchi ** 1536 Battle of Sanbuichigahara ** 1536 Hanakura Incident ** 1536 Battle of Sendanno ** 1536 Battle of Un no kuchi ** 1537 Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama ** 1538 Battle of Kōnodai ** 1540-1541 Siege of Koriyama ** 1542 Battle of Azukizaka ** 1542-1543 Siege of Toda Castle ** 1542-1548 Utsuro Rebellion ** 1546 Battle of Kawagoe ** 1546 Battle of Odaihara ** 1548 Battle of Azukizaka ** 1548 Battle of Uedahara ** 1550 Siege of Toishi ** 1552 Battle of Kaizu ** 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, 1564 Battles of Kawankajima ** 1554 Battle of Enshu-Omori ** 1555 Battle of Ino ** 1555 Battle of Miyajima ** 1556 Battle of Nagaragawa ** 1558 Battle of Ukino ** 1558 Siege of Terabe ** 1564 Battle of Kōnodai ** 1566 Siege of Minowa ** 1568 Siege of Hachigata ** 1569 Battle of Mimasetoge ** 1571 Battle of Takehiro ** 1572 Siege of Iwamura Castle ** 1578 Battle of Mimigawa ** 1584 Battle of Okitanawate ** 1589 Battle of Suriagehara * 1467–1573 Sengoku period * 1568–1603 Azuchi–Momoyama period ** 1560 Battle of Okehazama ** 1575 Battle of Nagashino ** 1582 Battle of Yamazaki ** 1600 Battle of Sekigahara * 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98), Japanese invasions of Korea ** 1592-1593 Battle of Bunroku ** 1592 Battle of Hansan Island ** 1592 Siege of Busanjin ** 1592 Battle of Dadaejin ** 1592 Siege of Dongnae ** 1592 Battle of Sangju (1592), Battle of Sangju ** 1592 Battle of Chungju ** 1592 Battle of the Imjin River ** 1592 Gangwon campaign ** 1593 Battle of Haenju ** 1597-1598 Battle of Keicho ** 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang ** 1597-1598 Siege of Ulsan ** 1598 Battle of Sacheon ** 1598 Battle of Noryang *1600 Battle of Sekigahara **Siege of Fushimi **Battle of Gifu Castle **Siege of Ueda *1609 Ryukyu's invasion *1614-1615 Siege of Osaka * * 1637–1638 Shimabara Rebellion * 1868–1869 Boshin War * 1874 Saga Rebellion * 1876 Shinpūren Rebellion * 1876 Akizuki Rebellion * 1876 Hagi Rebellion * 1877 Satsuma Rebellion * 1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War ** 1894 Battle of Pungdo ** 1894 Battle of Seonghwan ** 1894 Battle of Pyongyang ** 1894 Battle of Yalu River ** 1894 Battle of Jiuliancheng ** 1894 Battle of Lushunkou ** 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei ** 1895 Battle of Yingkou ** 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan ** 1895 Campaign Fishermen ** 1895 Battle of Keelung ** 1895 Hsinchu Campaign ** 1895 Battle of Baguashan ** 1895 Battle of Chiayi ** 1895 Battle of Chiatung ** 1895 Capitulation of Tainan ** 1895 Battle of Changhsing ** 1904-1905 Battle of Port Arthur ** 1904 Battle of Yalu River ** 1904 Battle of the Yellow Sea ** 1904 Battle of Nanshan ** 1904 Battle of Shantung ** 1904 Battle of Dairen ** 1904 Battle of Liaoyang ** 1905 Battle of Tsushima ** 1905 Battle of Mukden ** 1907 Battle of Namdaemun, Namdaemun Battle ** 1914 Siege of Tsingtao ** 1920 Battle of Qingshanli ** 1920 Battle of Fengwudong ** 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident ** 1937 Battle of Beiping–Tianjin, Battle of Beiping - Tianjin ** 1937 Battle of Shanghai ** 1937 Battle of Pingxingguan ** 1937 Battle of Nanking, Battle of Nanjing ** 1937 Battle of Taiyuan ** 1937 Battle of Xuzhou ** 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang ** 1938 Battle of Wuhan ** 1938 Battle of Canton ** 1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan Incident) ** 1939 Battle of Changsha (1939), Battle of Changsha ** 1940 Offensive of one hundred regiments * 1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion * 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War * 1914–1918 World War I ** 1914 Siege of Tsingtao * 1937–1945 World War II ** 1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War ** 1939–1945 Pacific War ** 1938–1945 Soviet-Japanese Border Wars ** 1942 Battle of Midway


Korea

* 108 BCE Wiman Joseon–Han War * 57 BCE–668 CE Conflicts of Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms ** 391–413 Gwanggaeto the Great, King Gwanggaeto conquests * 598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War ** 612 Battle of Salsu * 645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War ** 645 Siege of Yodong ** 645 Siege of Ansi ** 668 Siege of Pyongyang * 892–936 Conflicts of Later Three Kingdoms * 993–1019 Goryeo–Khitan War * 1104–1107 Korean–Jurchen border conflicts, Jurchen campaigns * 1231–1259 Mongol invasions of Korea * December 1359 – November 1360 Red Turban invasions of Goryeo * 1396 Second Tsushima Expedition * 1419 Third Tsushima Expedition * 1443 Joseon Northern Expedition * 1510 Sampo Invasion * 1592–1598 Japanese-Korean War (1592–98) ** 1592 Siege of Busan ** 1592 Siege of Dongnae ** 1592 Battle of Sangju (1592), Battle of Sangju ** 1592 Battle of Chungju ** 1592 Battle of the Imjin River ** 1592 Joseon naval campaigns of 1592, Joseon naval campaigns ** 1592 Siege of Jinju (1592), Siege of Jinju ** 1593 Siege of Haengju ** 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang ** 1598 Battle of Noryang Point * 1618-1683 Transition from Ming to Qing, Ming-Manchu War * 1627 First Manchurian-Korean War * 1636 Second Manchurian-Korean War * 1866 French campaign against Korea (1866), French campaign against Korea * 1871 United States expedition to Korea * 1875 Ganghwa Island incident * 1882 Imo Incident * 1884 Gapsin Coup * 1894-1895 Donghak Peasant Revolution * 1900 Boxer Rebellion * 1902 Korean Invasion of Manchuria * 1905 Eulsa Righteous War * 1907 Jeungmi Righteous War * 1909 Great Korean Militia Roundup Campaign *1910 Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese annexation of Korea *1910-1945 Korean Liberation Army And Japanese war *1920 Battle of Fengwudong *1920 Battle of Qingshanli, Battle of Chongsanli *1921 Massacre of Svobodny * 1945– Korean conflict * 1950–1953 (De jure: 2019) Korean War * 1966–1969 Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–69), Korean DMZ conflict * 1967– Korean maritime border incidents


Mongolia


Xiongnu

* 215 BCE Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu * 133 BCE – 89 CE Han–Xiongnu War * 60–53 BCE Xiongnu Civil War


Rouran Khaganate

* 330–555 Rouran Khaganate#Origin, Origin and expansion


First Turkic Khaganate, Turkic Khaganate

* 581–593 Göktürk civil war * 626–649 Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue * 640–657 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks ** 657 Conquest of the Western Turks


Uyghur Khaganate

* 744–848 Uyghur Khaganate#The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia, The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia


Mongol Empire

* 1207 Mongol conquest of Siberia


Golden Horde

* 1380–1390 Tokhtamysh–Timur war * 1206–1337 Mongol invasions * Tatar invasions * 1938–1945 World War II ** 1938–39 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ** 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria


Taiwan, Taiwan (Republic of China)

* 1635-1636 Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa * 1652 Guo Huaiyi Rebellion * 1661 Siege of Fort Zeelandia * 1683 Battle of Penghu * 1787–1788 Ten Great Campaigns * 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), Japanese conquest of Taiwan * 1947 February 28 Incident


South Asia


Bangladesh

* 1303 Conquest of Sylhet * 1512–1516 Bengal Sultanate–Kingdom of Mrauk U War of 1512–1516, Bengal Sultanate–Kingdom of Mrauk U War * 1576 Battle of Rajmahal * 1665 Conquest of Chittagong * 1757 Battle of Plassey


People's Republic of Bangladesh

* 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War ** Operation Searchlight ** Operation Hotel Intercontinental ** 1971 Bangladesh genocide ** 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indo-Pakistani War ** Liberation of Mirpur ** Battle of Gazipur ** Battle of Sylhet ** Battle of Boyra * 1972-1975 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency, Communist insurgency * 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état * 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état * 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état * 1977 Bogra mutiny * 1977 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny, Air Force mutiny * 1977-1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict * 1991-1992 Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation * 1994 1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny, Ansar mutiny * 1996 1996 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt, coup d'état attempt * 1998 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, coup d'état * 2001 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes, Indo-Bangla border skirmish * 2004 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong, 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul * 2006–2008 2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis, Bangladeshi political crisis * 2008 2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff, Myanmar naval standoff * 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt * 2011 2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt, coup d'état attempt * 2015 2015 Bangladesh–Arakan Army border clash, Arakan Army border clash


Bhutan

* 1766–1788 Ten Great Campaigns


India


Bharathvarsha

* c. 15000 BCE Ramayana, Ramayana War * c. 5300 BCE – Kurukshetra War


Bharatas (tribe), Bharat

* c. 1700 BCE – c. 1000 BCE Battle of the Ten Kings * 543–504 BCE Vijaya of Sri Lanka, Vijaya's conquest of Sri Lanka


Kingdom of Magadha

* 500–321 BCE Magadha, Kingdom of Magadha conflicts ** 323–298 BCE Chandragupta Maurya's conquests ** 265–264 BCE Kalinga War * 424–321 BCE Nanda Empire conflicts ** 424–321 BCE Nanda Dynasty conflicts ** 321–320 BCE Conquest of the Nanda Empire


Maurya Empire

* 265-264 BCE Kalinga war


Indo-Scythians, Indo-Scythian Kingdom

* 320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts


Gupta Empire

* 320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts


Empire of Harsha

* 606–647 Empire of Harsha Conflicts


Delhi Sultanate

* 1206–1451 Delhi Sultanate conflicts * 1206–1337 Mongol conquests ** 1221–1308 Mongol invasions of India *** Spring 1221 Battle of Indus *** December 20, 1305 Battle of Amroha


Vijayanagara Empire, Vijaynagara Empire

1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts * 1520 Battle of Raichur * 1565 Battle of Talikota


Mughal Empire

* 1526–1757 Mughal Empire conflicts ** 1526 First Battle of Panipat ** 1527 Battle of Khanwa ** 1556 Second Battle of Panipat ** 1615–82 Ahom–Mughal conflicts ** 1649–53 Mughal–Safavid War (1649–53), Mughal–Safavid War ** 1739 Battle of Karnal


Maratha Empire

* 1681-1707 Mughal–Maratha Wars, Mughal-Maratha Wars * 1737-1758 Maratha conquests of North and Northwest India * 1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha Wars (disambiguation), Anglo-Maratha Wars * 1780-1787 Maratha–Mysore War, Maratha-Mysore Wars


Sikh Empire

* 1799–1849 Sikh Empire conflicts ** 1708 Battle of Chamkaur ** 1700 First Battle of Anandpur ** 1687 Battle of Nadaun ** 1897 Battle of Saragarhi ** 1701–1704 Second Battle of Anandpur ** September 18, 1688 Battle of Bhangani ** 1837 Battle of Jamrud * 1841–1842 Sino-Sikh war * 1855–1856 Nepalese–Tibetan War


Company rule in India

* 1766–1799 Anglo-Mysore Wars ** 1766–1769 First Anglo-Mysore War ** 1780–1784 Second Anglo-Mysore War ** 1789–1792 Third Anglo-Mysore War ** 1798–1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War * 1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha Wars (disambiguation), Anglo-Maratha Wars ** 1777–1783 First Anglo-Maratha War ** 1803–1805 Second Anglo-Maratha War ** 1817–1818 Third Anglo-Maratha War * 1799–1802 Polygar Wars * 1814–1816 Gurkha War * 1816–1826 Burmese invasions of Assam * 1845–1849 British Empire conflicts ** 1845 Battle of Mudki ** 1845 Battle of Ferozeshah ** 1846 Battle of Aliwal ** February 10, 1846 Battle of Sobraon ** 1848 Battle of Ramnagar ** 1849 Battle of Chillianwala ** 1849 Battle of Gujrat ** 1849 Siege of Multan * 1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Rebellion/Indian Mutiny ** 1857 Siege of Delhi ** 1857 Siege of Cawnpore ** 1857 Siege of Lucknow ** 1857 Battle of Jhelum - Indian Mutiny, Battle of Jhelum ** 1857 Siege of Arrah ** 1858 Central Indian campaign of 1858, Jhansi


British Raj

* 18231886 Anglo-Burmese wars ** 18231826 First Anglo-Burmese War ** 18521853 Second Anglo-Burmese War ** 18851886 Third Anglo-Burmese War * 18391860 Opium Wars ** 18391848 First Opium War ** 18561860 Second Opium War ** 18971898 Tirah Campaign ** 1919European influence in Afghanistan#Third Anglo-Afghan War and Independence, Third Anglo-Afghan War * 18411842 Sino-Sikh War * 18451849 Anglo-Sikh Wars ** 18451846 First Anglo-Sikh War ** 18481849 Second Anglo-Sikh War * 1888 Sikkim Expedition * 18971898 Tirah Campaign * Indian independence movement * 1905 Partition of Bengal (1905), Partition of Bengal * 19051947 Revolutionary movement for Indian independence * 19141918 World War I * 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre * 19201935 Non-cooperation movement * 19391945 World War II ** 19391945 India in World War II ** 19411945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II ** 19421945 China Burma India Theater of World War II ** 19421945 Battles and operations of the Indian National Army * 19421945 Battles and operations of the Indian National Army * 19421947 Quit India Movement


Dominion of India

* 1947 Partition of India * October 22, 1947 – January 1, 1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Indo-Pakistani War * September 13–18, 1948 Operation Polo


History of the Republic of India, Republic of India

* 1961 Operation Vijay (1961), Operation Vijay * 1962 Sino-Indian War * 1964 – ''ongoing'' Insurgency in Northeast India * 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani War * 1967 – ''ongoing'' Naxalite-Maoist insurgency * March 26 – December 16, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War ** 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indo-Pakistani War * 1984 Siachen conflict ** 1984 Operation Meghdoot * 1984 Operation Blue Star ** 1984 Operation Woodrose * 1987–1990 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War ** 1987 Operation Pawan ** 1988 Operation Viraat ** 1988 Operation Trishul ** 1988 Operation Checkmate (Sri Lanka), Operation Checkmate * 1989 – ''ongoing'' Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir * 1999 Kargil War


Nepal

* 1790–1792 Ten Great Campaigns * 1814–1816 Anglo-Nepalese War * 1855–1856 Nepalese–Tibetan War * 1996–2006 Nepal Civil War


Pakistan

* 535 BCE Persian Invasion * 326 BCE Alexander the Great's Conquests * 305-303 BCE Seleucid-Maurya War * 711 Umayyad Invasion * 1001 Ghaznavid Invasion * 1306 Mongol Invasion * 1526 Mughal Conquests * 1747 Durrani Invasion * 1838- 1845 Anglo Sikh Wars * 1839-1919 Anglo-Afghan Wars * 1947 Partition of India * Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts ** 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Indo-Pakistani War ** 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani War ** 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indo-Pakistani War ** 1984 Siachen conflict ** 1999 Kargil War * 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War ** March 26 – May 25, 1971 Operation Searchlight ** 1971 Bangladesh atrocities ** 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indo-Pakistani War * 1999 Pakistani coup d'état * 2004 – ''ongoing'' War in Waziristan * 2004 – ''ongoing'' Balochistan conflict * 2007 Pakistani state of emergency


Sri Lanka

* 161 or 162 BCE Battle of Vijithapura * 862 Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya, Anuradhapura invasion of Pandyan * 1165-1181 Polonnaruwa-Pagan War, Polonnaruwa-Pagan war * 1169-1177 Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177), Pandyan civil war * 1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions * 1410 or 1411 Ming-Kotte War * 1527-1658 Sinhalese-Portuguese war ** 1557-1558 Siege of Kotte (1557-1558), Siege of Kotte ** 1559 Battle of Mulleriyawa ** 1560-1621 Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom ** 1594 Campaign of Danture ** 1638 Battle of Gannoruwa * 1796 East India Company conquest * 1803–1815 Kandyan Wars * 1818 Great Rebellion of 1817-1818, Uva-Wellassa Rebellion * 1848 Matale Rebellion * 1914–1948 Sri Lankan independence movement * 1971 1971 JVP Insurrection, JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka) * 1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War ** 1976–1987 Eelam War I ** 1987–1989 1987–89 JVP insurrection, JVP insurrection (Sri Lanka) ** 1990–1995 Eelam War II ** 1995–2002 Eelam War III ** 2006–2009 Eelam War IV


Southeast Asia


Burma

* 1020–1130 Medieval Cholas, Medieval Chola Invasions * 1548–1549 Burmese–Siamese War (1547–49), Burmese–Siamese War * 1765–1769 Sino-Burmese War (1765–69), Sino-Burmese War * 1816–1826 Burmese invasions of Assam * Anglo-Burmese wars ** 1823–1826 First Anglo-Burmese War ** 1852–1853 Second Anglo-Burmese War ** 1885–1886 Third Anglo-Burmese War * 1939–1945 World War II ** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II ** 1942–1945 Japanese occupation of Burma ** 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II * 1948 – ''ongoing'' Internal conflict in Burma ** 2007 – 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Burmese anti-government protests


Cambodia


Kingdom of Funan

* c. 100 Preah Thaong and Neang Neak conflict


Chenla Kingdom

* Kingdom of Funan#Apex and decline of Funan, Apex and decline of Funan


Khmer Empire

* 1020–1130 Medieval Cholas, Medieval Chola invasions


French Indochina

* 1945–1954 First Indochina War * 1967–1975 Cambodian Civil War * 1957–1975 Vietnam War * 1978–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War * 1978–1988 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand * 1997 1997 clashes in Cambodia, Clashes in Cambodia * 2008 – ''ongoing'' Cambodian–Thai border dispute


Indonesia

* 1020–1130 Medieval Cholas, Medieval Chola invasions * 1293 Mongol invasion of Java * 1704-1708 First Javanese War of Succession * 1719-1722 Second Javanese War of Succession * 1749-1755 Third Javanese War of Succession * 1945–1949 Indonesian National Revolution * 1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation * 1975–1999 Invasion of East Timor, Indonesian Invasion of East Timor * 1969–present Papua conflict, Indonesian West Papua Conflict * 1976–2005 Insurgency in Aceh


Laos

* 1957–1975 Vietnam War * 1975–2008 Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong


Malaysia

* 1020–1130 Medieval Cholas, Medieval Chola Invasions * 1786 Honourable East India Company conquest * 1939–1945 World War II ** 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign * 1948–1960 Malayan Emergency * 1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation * 1968–1989 Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989), Communist insurgency in Malaysia * 2013 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, Lahad Datu standoff


Philippines

* 900–1565 History of the Philippines (900–1565), Precolonial period ** 1521 Battle of Mactan * 1896–1898 Philippine Revolution * 1898 Spanish–American War ** 1898 Battle of Manila Bay * 1898–1913 Philippine–American War * World War II ** 1942 Battle of Bataan ** 1944 Battle of Surigao Strait ** 1944 Battle off Samar ** 1944 Battle of Mindoro ** 1944 Battle of Luzon ** 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea ** 1944 Battle of Leyte ** 1945 Battle of Manila (1945), Battle of Manila ** 1945 Battle of Mindanao ** 1945 Battle of Corregidor ** 1945 Invasion of Lingayen Gulf * 1946–1954 Hukbalahap Rebellion * 1969–''ongoing'' Communist rebellion in the Philippines * 1969–2019 Islamic insurgency in the Philippines ** 2013 Zamboanga City crisis ** 2017 Battle of Marawi * 2002–2015 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines *1965–1986 Moro conflict#Marcos (1965–1986), Under Marcos Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Thai Cambodia border Conflict


Thailand

* 1020–1130 Medieval Cholas, Medieval Chola Invasions * 1548–1855 Burmese–Siamese wars ** 1548 Burmese–Siamese War (1548), Burmese–Siamese War Toungoo–Ayutthaya ** 1759–1760 Burmese–Siamese War (1759–60), Burmese–Siamese War Konbaung–Ayutthaya ** 1775–1776 Burmese–Siamese War (1775–76), Burmese–Siamese War Konbaung–Bangkok * 1939–1945 World War II ** 1940–1941 French-Thai War ** 1940–1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand *1966-1974 Thailand during the Vietnam war * 1978-1989 3rd Indochina war ** 1978 Thai–Laotian Border War ** 1978 - 1984 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand, Vietnamese border raids on Thailand * 2008-2009 Thai Cambodia border Conflict * 2004 – ''ongoing'' South Thailand insurgency


Vietnam

* 258–257 BCE Thuc–Lac Viet War * 217–207 BCE Thuc–Qin War * 111 BCE Han–Nanyue War, Trieu–Han War * 39, 40–43 CE Trưng Sisters#Rebellion, Trưng Sisters' Uprising, 137–138, 156–160, 178–181, 248, 299–319, 319–323, 468–485, 542–544, 548–570, 687, 722, 791–798, 803, 819–820, 905 Uprising wars against Chinese domination * 938–939 Battle of Bạch Đằng River (938), Ngô Quyền war of independence * 966–968 The 12 Lords Rebellion, War between the 12 warlords * 981 War against the Song dynasty * 1075–1077 War against the Song dynasty * 1257–58, 1284–85, 1287–88 Mongol invasions of Vietnam * 982, 1312, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1446–1471, 1695, 1796 Viet-Champa wars * 1407–1427 Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam, War against the Ming dynasty * 1553–1592 Southern and Northern Dynasties (Vietnam), Lê–Mạc civil war * 1627–1673 Trịnh–Nguyễn War * 1714–1755 Nguyen–Khmer War * 1788–1789 Qing–Tây Sơn War * 1784–1785 Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút, Tây Sơn-Siam War * 1858–1885 French Indochina, French–Nguyễn war * 1914–1918 First World War ** Vietnam during the First World War * 1940–1945 Second World War ** Vietnam during the Second World War * 1946–1954 First Indochina War * 1954–1975 Vietnam War * 1974 Battle of the Paracel Islands * 1975–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War * 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War * 1979–1988 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand * 1979–1990 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90, Sino-Vietnamese border conflict * 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish


Asia-Pacific

* 1845–1872 New Zealand Wars * 1855 Battle of Kaba * 1878-1888 Nauruan Civil War * 1886–1894 Samoan Civil War ** 1887–1889 Samoan crisis ** 1898–1899 Second Samoan Civil War * 1910-1911 Sokehs rebellion * 1914–1918
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
** 1914 Battle of Bita Paka ** 1914 Australian occupation of German New Guinea * 1937–1945 World War II ** 1942-1943 Guadalcanal campaign ** 1942-1945 New Guinea campaign ** 1942-1945 Solomon Islands campaign * 1985 Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior * 1987 1987 Fijian coups d'état *1988–1998 Bougainville Civil War *1998–2003 Solomon Islands Civil War ** 2003–2017 Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands *2000 2000 Fijian coup d'état *2005–2006 2005–2006 Fijian political crisis ** 2006 Fijian military unrest in 2006 ** 2006 Fijian coup d'état *2009 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis


North Asia


Russia


Grand Duchy of Moscow

* 1368-1372 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, Lithuanian-Muscovite War * 1376 Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (1376), Muscovite-Volga Bulgars War ** Battle on Pyana River ** Battle of the Vozha River ** Battle of Kulikovo *1382 Siege of Moscow (1382), Siege of Moscow * 1438–1552 Russo-Kazan Wars * 1467-1469 Qasim War * 1471 Battle of Shelon * 1480 Great stand on the Ugra River * 1478 Siege of Kazan * 1492-1494 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, First Muscovite-Lithuanian War * 1495-1497 Russo-Swedish War * 1500-1503 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War * 1507-1508 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War * 1512-1522 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War * 1534-1537 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War


Tsardom of Russia

* 1552 Siege of Kazan * 1552-1556 Tatar Rebellion * 1554-1557 Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War * 1556 Russian conquest of Astrakhan * 1558-1583 Livonian War * 1568-1570 Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570), Astrakhan Expedition * 1571 Russo-Crimean War (1571), Russo-Crimean War * July 1580 – 1639 Russian conquest of Siberia ** July 1580 – 1598 Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir *** October 23, 1582 Battle of Chuvash Cape * 1590-1595 List of wars between Russia and Sweden, Russo-Swedish War * 1605-1618 Polish-Russian war, Polish-Russian War * 1606-1607 Bolotnikov rebellion, Bolotnikov Rebellion * 1610-1617 Ingrian War * 1632-1634 Smolensk War * 1651-1653 Russo-Persian Wars, Russo-Persian War * 1652–1689 Sino-Russian border conflicts * 1654-1667 First Northern War * 1656-1658 List of wars between Russia and Sweden, Russo-Swedish War * 1662-1664 First Bashkir Rebellion * 1670-1671 Razin's Rebellion * 1676-1681 History of the Russo-Turkish wars, Russo-Turkish War * 1683-1700 Great Turkish War * 1700-1721 Great Northern War * 1704-1711 Third Bashkir Rebellion * 1707-1708 Bulavin Rebellion * 1717 Peter the Great's Khivan War * 1717-1847 Kazakh-Russian conflicts


Russian Empire

* 1722-1723 Russo-Persian War * 1733-1738 War of Polish Succession * 1735-1739 Russo-Turkish War * 1735-1740 Fourth Bashkir Rebellion * 1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession * 1756-1763 Seven Years' War * 1768-1769 Koliivshchyna Rebellion * 1768-1772 War of the Bar Confederation * 1768-1774 Russo-Turkish War * 1773-1775 Pugachev's Rebellion * 1787-1792 Russo-Turkish War * 1788-1790 Russo-Swedish War * 1792 Polish-Russian War * 1794 Kościuszko Uprising * 1796 Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great * 1799-1802 War of the Second Coalition * 1803-1806 War of the Third Coalition * 1804-1813 Russo-Persian War * 1806-1807 War of the Fourth Coalition * 1806-1812 Russo-Turkish War * 1807-1812 Anglo-Russian War * 1808-1809 Finnish War * 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition * 1812 French invasion of Russia * 1813-1814 War of the Sixth Coalition * 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition * 1817-1864 Caucasian War * 1825 Decembrist Revolt * 1826-1828 Russo-Persian War * 1827 Battle of Navarino * 1828-1829 Russo-Turkish War * 1830-1831 November Uprising * 1839-1841 Second Egyptian-Ottoman War * 1839-1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia * 1841 Gurian Rebellion * 1842 Shoorcha Rebellion * 1848-1849 Hungarian Revolution * 1853-1856 Crimean War * 1858 Mahtra War * 1861 Bezdna Revolt * 1863-1864 January Uprising * 1866 Siberian Uprising * 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War * 1897-1898 Cretan Revolt * 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion * 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War * January 22, 1905 – June 16, 1907 Revolution of 1905 * July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
* February–October 1917 Russian Revolution ** February 1917 February Revolution ** July 1917 July Days ** October 1917 October Revolution * November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922 Russian Civil War


Russian Republic

* November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922 Russian Civil War


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

* 1939–1945 World War II ** 1938–1939 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ** 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria * 1945–1991 Cold War ** 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict


Russian Federation

* 1991-''ongoing'' Kuril Islands dispute * (1994-1996),(1999-2010) Chechen Wars


Chronological list of wars


20th century

* 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War * 1911 Wuchang Uprising * 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, World War I * 1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War * 1919 May Fourth Movement * 1920 Zhili–Anhui War * 1920–1921 Guangdong–Guangxi War * 1922 First Zhili–Fengtian War * 1924 Second Zhili–Fengtian War * 1926–1928 Northern Expedition, Kuomintang – Warlords conflict * 1927–1936 Chinese Civil War * 1929 Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), Sino-Soviet War * 1929 Reforms of Amānullāh Khān and civil war, Afghan civil war * 1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War * 1939–1945 World War II ** 1939–1945 Indian Ocean in World War II, Indian Ocean conflict ** 1940 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina ** 1940–1941 Franco-Thai War ** 1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand ** 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran ** 1941–1942 Philippines campaign (1941–1942), Japanese invasion of Philippines ** 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign, Japanese invasion of Malaya ** 1941–1942 Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Japanese invasion of Dutch Indies ** 1942–1945 New Guinea campaign ** 1942–1945 Burma Campaign ** 1944–1945 Philippines Campaign (1944–45), Allied invasion of Philippines ** 1944–1945 Japan campaign ** 1945 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina ** 1945 Operation Tiderace, British invasion of Malaya and Singapore ** 1945 Borneo campaign (1945), Borneo campaign ** 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria * 1946–1950 Chinese Civil War * 1946–1954 First Indochina War * 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 * 1950 Battle of Chamdo, Chinese invasion of Tibet * 1950–1953 Korean War * 1951–1954 Abadan Crisis * 1954–1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis * 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis * 1959 Tibetan uprising * 1959–1975 Vietnam War * 1962 Sino-Indian War * 1964 – today United National Liberation Front, Manipur conflict * 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 * 1967 – today Naxalite–Maoist insurgency * 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict * 1970–1995 Punjab insurgency * 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 * 1971 History of Sri Lanka, Maoist rebellion in Sri Lanka * 1978–1979 Cambodian–Vietnamese War * 1979 – today Assam conflict * 1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War * 1979–1998 Khmer Rouge, Khmer Rouge insurgency * 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War * 1980 Coconut War * 1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War * 1984 Siachen conflict * 1984 Operation Blue Star * 1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War * 1987 Fijian coups d'état * 1988-1994
First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...
* 1988-1998 Bougainville Civil War * 1989 – today Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir * 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Tiananmen protests * 1989 – today Tripura rebellion * 1989–1992 Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92), Mujahideen – Communist war in Afghanistan * 1992–1996 Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96), Taliban takeover of Afghanistan * 1992–1997 Tajikistani Civil War * 1993 – today Ethnic conflict in Nagaland * 1995–1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis * 1996–2001 Taliban–Northern Alliance conflict * 1998–2001 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic insurgency in Uzbekistan * 1998-2003 Solomon Islands Civil War * 1999 Kargil War


21st century

* 2000-2001 2000 Fijian coup d'état, Fijian coup d'état * 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish * 2001 – today War on Terror ** 2001 – 2021 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Afghanistan War ** 2002 – 2015 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines ** 2002 – today Terrorism in Indonesia, Islamic terrorism in Indonesia ** 2002 – today Turkistan Islamic Party, Islamic insurgency in Xinjiang ** 2004 – today War in North-West Pakistan ** 2004 – today South Thailand insurgency * 2003–2004 Operation All Clear * 2005 Andijan massacre, Islamic uprising in Uzbekistan * 2005–2006 2005–2006 Fijian political crisis, Fijian political crisis ** 2006 Fijian military unrest in 2006, Fijian military unrest ** 2006 2006 Fijian coup d'état, Fijian coup d'état * 2009 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Fijian constitutional crisis * 2008–2009 Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Cambodian-Thai stand-off * 2010 Uruzgan helicopter attack * 2010 – 2022 Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ** 2010 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes, Nagorno-Karabakh clashes ** 2010 2010 Mardakert clashes, Mardakert clashes ** 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes, Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes ** 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ** 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes ** 2020 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Nagorno-Karabakh war ** 2021–2022 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis, Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis * 2015 - today Islamic State-Taliban conflict * 2016 2016 Indian Line of Control strike, India–Pakistan military confrontation * 2016 – 2017 2016–2017 Kashmir unrest, Kashmir unrest * 2022 - today Republican insurgency in Afghanistan


See also

* List of conflicts in North America * List of conflicts in Central America * List of conflicts in South America * List of conflicts in Europe * List of conflicts in Africa *
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 ...
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List of 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 ...
* List of conflicts in Australia * List of wars {{DEFAULTSORT:Conflicts In Asia Lists of events in Asia, Conflicts History of Asia Military history of Asia Lists of wars by region, Asia