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This is a
list of wars and conflicts in Asia , particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see
List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and
List of conflicts in the Middle East ,
List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts.
Western Asia
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 , the last pharaoh of the
First Dynasty of Egypt , a short war may have occurred for the throne, ending with the accession of
Hotepsekhemwy .
c. 2690 BCE
Khasekhemwy reunited
Upper Egypt and
Lower Egypt
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 causes the collapse of the New Kingdom of Egypt and subsequent attacks from Libyans, with associated people of
Ekwesh ,
Shekelesh ,
Lukka ,
Shardana , and Tursha. A second attack during the reign of
Ramesses III involved
Peleset ,
Tjeker , Shardana and
Denyen .
c. 1178 BCE Egyptian-Sea People wars
530-522 BCE Campaigns of King
Cambyses II of Persia
522-520 BCE Rebellion of
Petubastis III
480s BCE Rebellion of
Psamtik IV
460-454 BCE Rebellion of
Inaros II
459 BCE Battle of Papremis
411 BCE
Amyrtaeus revolted against
Darius II of the
Achaemenid Empire and regained Egyptian independence
385-383 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King
Hakor
374-373 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King
Nectanebo I
343 BCE Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
335-323 BCE
Wars of Alexander the Great
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.
The
Median Empire about 48 years before the
Persian Revolt
Kingdoms of the Diadochi after the Battle of Ipsus, c. 301 BCE. Other
The
Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654.
c. 2800 – c. 1750 BCE
Sumer-Elam war
c. 2500 BCE
Aga of
Kish , the son of
Enmebaragesi of
Kish , besieged
Uruk
c. 2500 BCE
Enmerkar of
Uruk 's year-long siege of
Aratta
c. 2500 BCE
Dumuzid of
Uruk captured
Enmebaragesi of
Kish single-handed
c. 2500 BCE
Enshakushanna of
Uruk conquered
Hamazi ,
Akkad ,
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. 2600 – c. 2316 BCE
Umma-Lagash war
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. 2295–2271 BCE (
Short chronology )
Lugal-zage-si of
Umma conquered several of the Sumerian city-states – including
Kish , where he overthrew
Ur-Zababa ;
Lagash , where he overthrew
Urukagina ;
Ur ,
Nippur , and
Larsa ; as well as
Uruk
Lugal-Zage-Si's domains (red), c. 2350 BC
Map of the
Akkadian Empire (brown) and the directions in which military campaigns were conducted (yellow arrows)
Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere
c. 1879–1861 BCE (
Short chronology )
Ur-Nammu of
Ur conquered
Lagash
c. 1861–1815 BCE (
Short chronology )
Shulgi of
Ur destroyed
Der , launched a campaign against
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 ,
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
The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty
Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.
The
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Wars of Alexander the Great
Expansion of the
Roman Kingdom ,
Roman Republic ,
Roman Empire ,
Western Roman Empire , and the
Eastern Roman Empire
Julian 's unsuccessful campaign in 363 resulted in the loss of the Roman territorial gains under the peace treaty of 299.
Map detailing the route of
Khalid ibn al-Walid 's conquest of Iraq in 633
Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate
The Caliphate at the beginning of the
Abbasid revolt, before the
Battle of the Zab .
Expansion of the
Mongol Empire
July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I
September 28, 1915
Battle of Es Sinn
November 22–25, 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
January 21, 1916
Battle of Hanna
March 8, 1916
Battle of Dujaila
March 8–11, 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
March 26–27, 1918
Action of Khan Baghdadi
October 23–30, 1918
Battle of Sharqat
1918–2003
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
September 22, 1980 – August 20, 1988
Iran–Iraq War
August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
Second Persian Gulf War
March 1 – April 5, 1991
Uprisings in Iraq
1991–2002
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
Invasion of Iraq , an Iraqi
MiG-25 destroyed an American
UAV
RQ-1 Predator after the
drone opened fire on the Iraqi aircraft with a
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
Map of the invasion routes and major operations/battles of the Iraq War as of 2007.
March 19 – May 1, 2003
Invasion of Iraq
March 21–25, 2003
Battle of Umm Qasr
March 20–24, 2003
Battle of Al Faw
March 21 – April 6, 2003
Battle of Basra
March 23–29, 2003
Battle of Nasiriyah
March 24, 2003
Attack on Karbala
March 24 – April 4, 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
March 31 – April 6, 2003
Battle of Karbala
April 2–4, 2003
Battle of the Karbala Gap
April 3–12, 2003
Battle of Baghdad
April 6, 2003
Battle of Debecka Pass
2003–2004
Post-invasion insurgency
March 20, 2003 – December 7, 2011
Iraq War in Anbar Province
October 26 – November 24, 2003
Ramadan Offensive
December 13, 2003
Operation Red Dawn
April 4 – June 24, 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
April 17, 2004
Battle of Husaybah
August 5–27, 2004
Battle of Najaf
August 5–28, 2004
CIMIC-House
October 1–3, 2004
Battle of Samarra
November 7 – December 23, 2004
Second Battle of Fallujah
November 8–16, 2004
Battle of Mosul
2005–06
Post-invasion insurgency
February 2006 – May 2008
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
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
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
March 25–31, 2008
Battle of Basra
April 15 – May 19,
2008 Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
The
Egyptian Empire at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE
Different interpretations of what the
Bible says about the extent of
King David 's empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's invasion of Northern Syria.
The
Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states in the context of the Near East in 1135
The 1260
Mongol offensives in the
Levant . The early successful attacks on
Aleppo and
Damascus led to smaller attacks on secondary targets such as
Baalbek ,
al-Subayba , and
Ajlun as well as raids against other
Palestine towns, perhaps including
Jerusalem . Smaller raiding parties reached as far south as
Gaza .
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun
Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.
Ibrahim Pasha's Campaign against the Saudis in Nejd
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
Invasion of Karbala
1811 Battle of Khakeekera
Early 1811 – 1818
Ottoman–Saudi War
Sargon of Akkad 's conquests.
The
Assyrians , the
Mitanni , the
Egyptians , and the
Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE
The
Hittite Empire , c. 1400 BCE (shown in Blue).
The
Siege of Miletus and the
Battle of Issus are shown on this map of the
Achaemenid Empire around the time of Darius the Great and Xerxes.
Expansion of the
Roman Republic and the
Roman Empire
Territorial development of the Roman Empire between the years CE 300 and 1453 (Animated map).
Seljuk Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of
Malik Shah I
Expansion of the
Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240
Greatest extent (red) with
vassal states (light red) of the
Ottoman Empire in 1590s.
Central Asia
Ghaznavids
Afghan Empires and the Great Game
The Dayuan (in
Ferghana ) was one of the three advanced civilizations of
Central Asia around 130 BCE, together with
Parthia and
Greco-Bactria , according to the Chinese historical work
Book of Han .
Sogdia, c. 300 BC.
The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 BC to AD 30.
East Asia
Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang found primarily in the Yellow River Valley
Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.
The Han Empire in 87 BCE (core provinces in brown), with commanderies (red dots) and protectorates (green dots) shown
The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.
Emperor Taizong's campaign against the oasis states (640–648)
China under the Tang dynasty c. 700 AD
Yuan dynasty in 1294
The Qing Empire in 1890
Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
c. 7th century BCE
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 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
740
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
Hogen Rebellion
1159
Heiji Rebellion
1180–1185
Genpei War
1189 Ōshū War
1213 Wada Rebellion
1247 Miura Rebellion
1221
Jōkyū War
1221
Battle of Uji
1274–1281
Mongol invasions of Japan
1331–1333
Genkō War
1455–1482
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
1592–1598
Japanese invasions of Korea
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
1899–1901
Boxer Rebellion
1904–1905
Russo-Japanese War
1914–1918 World War I
1937–1945 World War II
Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE
South Asia
1336–1646
Vijayanagara Empire conflicts
Southeast Asia
900 AD Red : Khmer Empire Light green :
Haripunjaya Yellow :
Champa
258–257 BCE Thuc–Lac Viet War
217–207 BCE Thuc–Qin War
111 BCE
Trieu–Han War
39, 40–43 CE
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
Ngô Quyền war of independence
966–968
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
War against the Ming dynasty
1553–1592
Lê–Mạc civil war
1627–1673
Trịnh–Nguyễn War
1714–1755 Nguyen–Khmer War
1784–1785
Tây Sơn-Siam War
1788–1789
Qing—Tây Sơn War
1858–1885
French–Nguyễn war
1914–1918 First World War
1940–1945 Second World War
1945–1946
War in Vietnam (1945–1946)
1946–1954
First Indochina War
1954–1975
Vietnam War
1964–1992
FULRO insurgency
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 border conflict
1988
Johnson South Reef Skirmish
2004 Tay Nguyen rebellion
2014
Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff
Asia-Pacific
North Asia
Territory of Muscovy / Russia in 1500, 1600 and 1700.
Map of the
Russian Empire showing any and all territory and immediate influence it possessed regardless of time period.
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
February–October 1917
Russian Revolution
November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922
Russian Civil War
1939–1945 World War II
1945–1991
Cold War
Chronological list of wars
20th century
21st century
See also
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