List of conflicts in Asia

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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[]

Main articles: History of the Middle East, Ancient Near East, Fertile Crescent, History of Mesopotamia, Upper Mesopotamia, History of the Levant, History of Anatolia, History of the Caucasus, History of Iraq, and History of Iran

Egypt[]

  • Muslim conquest of Egypt
  • 1914-1918 World War I
    • 1914-1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
      • 1915-1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign
  • 1939-1945 World War II
    • 1940-1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
      • 1940-1943 North African campaign
  • 1948 1948 Arab–Israeli War
  • 1956 Suez Crisis
  • 1967 Six-Day War
  • 1967-1970 War of Attrition
  • 1973 Yom Kippur War
  • 2011-ongoing Sinai insurgency

Iraq[]

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer[]

  • c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
  • c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam
  • 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. 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 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, 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

Akkadian Empire[]

  • c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad
Map of the Akkadian Empire (brown) and the directions in which military campaigns were conducted (yellow arrows)
    • 2270 BCE Battle of Uruk
    • Syria and Canaan campaigns
    • Akkadian conquest of Ebla
    • Magan revolt
  • c. 2214–2206 BCE (Short chronology) Rimush of 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 conquered the city of Shirasum in Elam
  • c. 2190–2115 BCE (Short chronology) Naram-Sin of Akkad conquered the Lullubi and Majan
  • c. 2115–2090 BCE (Short chronology) Shar-Kali-Sharri of Akkad launched successful campaigns against Gutium, 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, Ilulu
  • c. 2087–2066 BCE (Short chronology) Dudu of Akkad ended the period of relative anarchy
  • c. 2066–2051 BCE (Short chronology) Akkad was conquered during the reign of Shu-turul

Gutian period of Sumer[]

  • c. 2002 BCE (Short chronology) Gutian attacks on the Akkadian Empire

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 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 ruler in Sumer

Neo-Sumerian Empire[]

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
    • c. 1776 BCE (Short chronology) Elamite Sack of Ur

Dynasty of Isin[]

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

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

Kassite period of Babylonia[]

  • c. 1531 BCE (Short chronology) Fall of Babylon
  • c. 1507 BCE (Short chronology) Kassite attacks on Babylon
The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty
  • 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

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty[]

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

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 Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, Ashur-bel-kala campaigned in the north against the Kingdom of Urartu

Neo-Assyrian Empire[]

  • 911–605 BCE Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
    • 883–859 BCE Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II
    • 859–824 BCE Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.
    • 745–727 BCE Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III
    • 722–705 BCE Campaigns of Sargon II
      • 710 BCE Campaign against Babylonia
    • 705–681 BCE Campaigns of Sennacherib
    • 681–669 BCE Campaigns of Esarhaddon
    • 668–627 BCE Campaigns of Ashurbanipal
    • 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
    • 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha
    • 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
      • 626–619 BCE Last Strike against Babylon
      • 616–605 BCE War in the Assyrian heartlands
    • 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
    • 612–609 BCE 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[]

The Neo-Babylonian Empire
    • 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
    • 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha
    • 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
      • 626–619 BCE Last Strike against Babylon
      • 616–605 BCE War in the Assyrian heartlands
    • 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
    • 612–609 BCE 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

Achaemenid Province of Athura[]

  • 559–530 BCE Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
    • September 25, 539 BCE – September 28, 539 BCE Battle of Opis
    • October 29, 539 BCE Capture of Babylon

Macedonian Empire[]

  • 335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
Wars of Alexander the Great
    • October 1, 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela

Seleucid Empire[]

Parthian Empire[]

Roman Province of Mesopotamia[]

Expansion of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire

Sasanian Province of Asorestan[]

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
    • 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
    • April 637 Battle of Jalula

Rashidun Caliphate[]

  • 633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia
Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate
    • 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
    • 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
The Caliphate at the beginning of the Abbasid revolt, before the Battle of the Zab.
    • January 25, 750 Battle of the Zab

Abbasid Caliphate[]

  • September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt
  • 809–827 Fourth Fitna
  • 861–870 Anarchy at Samarra
  • 946 Battle of Baghdad
  • 1157 Siege of Baghdad

Mongol Empire[]

  • 1258 Siege of Baghdad
Expansion of the Mongol Empire
  • 1370–1405 Assyrian people are massacred at Assur by Timur

Ottoman Iraq[]

  • 1532–1555 Ottoman–Safavid War
    • 1534 Capture of Baghdad
  • 1623–1639 Ottoman–Safavid War
    • 1623 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
        • December 3–9, 1914 Battle of Qurna
        • April 12–14, 1915 Battle of Shaiba
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

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
  • 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[]

Ba'athist Iraq[]

  • 1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
  • September 22, 1980 – August 20, 1988 Iran–Iraq War
    • 1980 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 Stalemate
      • April 4, 1981 Attack on H3
    • 1982 Iranian offensive
      • Early July 1982 Operation Ramadan
    • 1983–85 Strategic stalemate
      • February 6–26, 1983 Operation Before the Dawn
      • April 10, 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
      • 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
    • 1986–87 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 Final stages
      • Mid-March 1988 Operation Zafar 7
      • April 17, 1988 Second Battle of al-Faw
    • 1981 International incidents
      • June 7, 1981 Operation Opera
  • August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 Second Persian Gulf War
    • 1991 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
      Ground troop movements 24–28 February 1991 during Operation Desert Storm
      • 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 Uprisings in Iraq
    • March 1 – mid-April 1991 Uprising in Basra
    • March 5–19, 1991 Uprising in Karbala
    • March 5 – April 3, 1991 Uprising in Sulaymaniyah
    • March 11–29, 1991 Uprising in Kirkuk
    • March 10–24, 1991 Uprising in Tuz Khormato
  • 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

Coalition Provisional Authority[]

  • 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

Republic of Iraq[]

  • 2005–06 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
    • June 17 – November 15, 2006 Battle of Ramadi
    • August 28, 2006 Battle of Diwaniya
  • 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

Syria[]

Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia[]

  • c. 3500 BCE Battle at Hamoukar

Akkadian Empire[]

  • c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad's conquests.
    • Akkadian conquest of Ebla

Hittite Empire[]

The Assyrians, the Mitanni, the Egyptians, and the Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE
  • c. 1282 BCE Capture of Kadesh
  • 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 – ongoing Siege of Homs
    • May 7–14, 2011 Siege of Baniyas

Iran[]

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer[]

  • c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
  • c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty[]

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

Achaemenid Empire[]

The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt
    • 552 BCE Battle of Hyrba
    • 551 BCE Battle of the Persian Border
    • 550 BCE Battle of Pasargadae

Macedonian Empire[]

  • 335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
    • January 20, 330 BCE Battle of the Persian Gate

Seleucid Empire[]

  • 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
Kingdoms of the Diadochi after the Battle of Ipsus, c. 301 BCE.
  Kingdom of Ptolemy I Soter
  Kingdom of Cassander
  Kingdom of Lysimachus
  Kingdom of Seleucus I Nicator
  Epirus
Other
  Carthage
  Roman Republic
  Greek colonies

Parthian Empire[]

Sasanian Empire[]

Rashidun Caliphate[]

The Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654.
  • 656–661 First Fitna

Umayyad Caliphate[]

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

Abbasid Caliphate[]

  • 809–827 Fourth Fitna

Qajar dynasty[]

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-ongoing 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–ongoing 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
  • 1980–1989 Iran-Iraq War
  • 1948–ongoing Balochistan conflict

Israel[]

Canaan[]

  • c. 2061–2010 BCE Military activities in Canaan of the Pharaoh Mentuhotep II
  • c. 2000 BCE Battle of Siddim
  • c. April 16, 1457 BCE Battle of Megiddo
The Egyptian Empire at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE
  • c. 1290–1279 BCE Seti's military campaigns in Canaan
  • c. 1279–1213 BCE Campaigns and Battles of Ramesses II
    • First Syrian Campaign
    • Second Syrian Campaign
    • Third Syrian Campaign

Confederated Tribes of Israel[]

  • c. 1200 BCE the biblical Battle of Gibeah

United Kingdom of Israel and Judah[]

Different interpretations of what the Bible says about the extent of King David's empire
  • c. 1050–1010 BCE Saul, according to the Bible king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, fought in a civil war
  • c. 931–913 BCE Rehoboam, according to the Bible king of the Kingdom of Judah, fought the Kingdom of Israel in a civil war

Kingdom of Judah[]

  • 925 BCE 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 Campaigns of the

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Babylonian Province of Yehud[]

  • 601–587 BCE Jewish–Babylonian war
    • 597 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
    • 587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II

Persian Province of Yehud Medinata[]

  • 335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
    • October 332 BCE Siege of Gaza

Seleucid Empire[]

  • 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
  • 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 by Pompey the Great, intervening in the Hasmonean civil war on behalf of the Roman Republic.

Herodian Kingdom of Israel[]

  • 37 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Herod the Great, ending Hasmonean rule over Judea.

Roman Tetrarchy of Judea[]

Roman Province of Judea[]

Roman Province of Syria Palaestina[]

Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima[]

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

Rashidun Province of Jund Filastin[]

  • 637 Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's invasion of Northern Syria
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's invasion of Northern Syria.

Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin[]

  • 1099–1291 The Crusades
    • 1099 First Crusade
      • 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 by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
      • 1099 Battle of Ascalon
    • Inter-Crusade Period
      • September 7, 1101 First Battle of Ramla
      • May 17, 1102 Second Battle of Ramla
      • August 27, 1105 Third Battle of Ramla
      • 1113 Battle of Al-Sannabra
      • 1123 Battle of Yibneh
The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states in the context of the Near East in 1135
    • 1145–1149 Second Crusade
    • Inter-Crusade Period
      • 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
      • May 1, 1187 Battle of Cresson
      • July 4, 1187 Battle of Hattin
      • 1187 Siege of Jerusalem
    • 1189–92 Third Crusade
      • 1189–91 Siege of Acre
      • September 7, 1191 Battle of Arsuf
      • August 8, 1192 Battle of Jaffa
    • 1197 German Crusade
    • 1212 Children's Crusade
    • 1217–21 Fifth Crusade
    • 1228–29 Sixth Crusade
    • Aftermath of the Sixth Crusade
      • 1244 Siege of Jerusalem
      • October 17–18, 1244 Battle of La Forbie
    • 1251 Shepherds' Crusade
    • Late Crusades Period
      • 1265 Fall of Caesarea
      • 1265 Fall of Haifa
      • 1265 Fall of Arsuf
      • April 4 – May 18, 1291 Siege of Acre
    • 1271–72 Ninth Crusade
    • April 4 – May 18, 1291 Siege of Acre
  • 1260–1300 Mongol raids into Palestine
    • September 3, 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut
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.

Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus[]

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
      • November 18–24, 1917 Battle of Nebi Samwil
      • December 1, 1917 Battle of El Burj
      • December 20–21, 1917 Battle of Jaffa

State of Israel[]

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

Lebanon[]

  • 1279–1213 BCE Campaigns and battles of Ramesses II
    • First Syrian campaign
    • Second 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 Lebanon War
    • 1983-1984 Mountain War
    • 1985-1988 War of the Camps
  • 1948-ongoing Israeli–Lebanese 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

Turkey[]

Hittite Empire[]

  • 1650–1600 BCE Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
  • 1430–1350 BCE Kaska invasions of Hatti
The Hittite Empire, c. 1400 BCE (shown in Blue).
  • 1260–1240 BCE Trojan War

Kingdom of Diaokhi[]

Lydian Empire[]

  • May 28, 585 BCE Battle of Halys

Achaemenid Empire[]

  • 547 BCE 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
    • May 334 BCE Battle of the Granicus
    • 334 BCE Siege of Miletus
    • 334 BCE Siege of Halicarnassus
    • November 5, 333 BCE Battle of Issus
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.

Seleucid Empire[]

Roman Republic[]

Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

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

Byzantine Empire[]

Territorial development of the Roman Empire between the years CE 300 and 1453 (Animated map).

Seljuq Empire[]

Seljuk Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of Malik Shah I

Sultanate of Rum[]

  • 1095–1099 First Crusade
    • July 1, 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum
  • 1145–1149 Second Crusade
    • October 25, 1147 Battle of Dorylaeum
  • 1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars
    • September 17, 1176 Battle of Myriokephalon
    • 1207 Siege of Antalya
    • 1203 Siege of Constantinople
    • 1204 Siege of Constantinople
Expansion of the Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240

Latin Empire[]

Ottoman Empire[]

Greatest extent (red) with vassal states (light red) of the Ottoman Empire in 1590s.

Republic of Turkey[]

Saudi Arabia[]

Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun

Muslim conquests[]

  • List of expeditions of Muhammad
  • Ridda wars
Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.

Rashidun Caliphate[]

  • 656–661 First Fitna

Umayyad Caliphate[]

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

Abbasid Caliphate[]

First Saudi state[]

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

Second Saudi state[]

  • 1821 – 1824 Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet
  • 1865 – 1875 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
    • July 1918 – 4 July 1919
    • 1919 – 1920 Kuwait-Najd War
    • 1921
    • 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
  • 1979-1983 2011-ongoing Qatif conflict
  • 1991 Gulf War
  • 2009-2010 Operation Scorched Earth
  • 2014-ongoing Military intervention against ISIL
  • 2015-ongoing Yemeni Civil War
  • 2017-ongoing Qatif unrest

Armenia[]

Central Asia[]

Uzbekistan[]

Sogdia[]

  • 335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
    • 327 BCE Siege of the Sogdian Rock
Sogdia, c. 300 BC.

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom[]

  • 250 BCE Independence
  • 230 BCE Overthrow of Diodotus II
  • 210 BCE Seleucid invasion
  • 180 BCE Expansion into India
  • 141 BCE Defeats against Parthia

Yuezhi Kingdom[]

  • 162 BCE Yuezhi expansion
The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 BC to AD 30.

Indo-Greek Kingdom[]

  • 36 BCE Battle of Sogdiana

Kushan Empire[]

  • 1st and 2nd Centuries CE Kushan expansion

Rouran Khaganate[]

  • Origin and expansion

Göktürk Khaganate[]

Khwarazmian dynasty[]

  • 1216–1221 Mongol invasion of Central Asia

Mongol Empire[]

Timurid dynasty[]

  • 1370 Siege of Balkh

Zunghar Khanate[]

  • 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

Tajikistan[]

Dayuan[]

  • 104–101 BCE War of the Heavenly Horses
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.

Tajikistan[]

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

Afghanistan[]

Ghaznavids[]

  • 962 Ghaznavid Empire

Afghan Empires and the Great Game[]

Russian Empire[]

  • 1916–1934 Basmachi movement

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[]

Turkmenistan[]

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
  • 1999 Batken Conflict
  • 2005 Tulip Revolution
  • 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010
    • 2010 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots

East Asia[]

Mainland China (People's Republic of China)[]

Longshan culture[]

  • 2852–2070 BCE 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
Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang found primarily in the Yellow River Valley

Zhou dynasty[]

  • c. 1046 BCE Foundation of the Zhou dynasty
    • c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye
  • 771–476 BCE Spring and Autumn period
  • 475–221 BCE Warring States period

Qin dynasty[]

Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.

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
The Han Empire in 87 BCE (core provinces in brown), with commanderies (red dots) and protectorates (green dots) shown
  • 2nd century BCE Southward expansion of the Han dynasty
  • 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
    • 191 Battle of Yangcheng
    • 191 Battle of Jieqiao
    • 191 Battle of Xiangyang
    • 193 Battle of Fengqiu
    • 194 Battle of Yan Province
    • 194 Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong
    • 197 Battle of Wancheng
    • 198 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
    • 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
    • 219 Battle of Mount Dingjun
    • 219 Battle of Han River
    • 219 Battle of Fancheng
    • 219 Lü Meng's invasion of Jing Province

Wei dynasty[]

The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.
      • 255 Battle of Didao
    • 263 Conquest of Shu by Wei

Jìn dynasty[]

  • 220–280 Three Kingdoms
    • 280 Conquest of Wu by Jin
  • 291 War of the Eight Princes
  • 304–439 Sixteen Kingdoms

Liu Song dynasty[]

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

Sui dynasty[]

Tang dynasty[]

Emperor Taizong's campaign against the oasis states (640–648)
China under the Tang dynasty c. 700 AD
  • 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
    • 645 Siege of Ansi
    • 668
  • 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
    • 751 Battle of Talas
  • 745–749
  • December 16, 755 – February 17, 763 An Lushan Rebellion
    • 756
    • 756 Battle of Yongqiu
    • 757 Battle of Suiyang
    • 757
    • 758–759
    • 762
  • 801–802
  • 819
  • 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 Military campaigns of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty
    • 979–982 First campaign against Liao dynasty
      • 979 Battle of Gaoliang River
    • 982–988 Second campaign against Liao dynasty
      • 986 Chi go Pass Campaign
  • February 12, 1101 – March 26, 1125 Reign of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao
    • 1114–1122 Jurchen invasion
    • 1123–1125 End of Liao dynasty

Jin dynasty[]

Yuan dynasty[]

Yuan dynasty in 1294
  • 1351 Red Turban Rebellion
    • August 30 – October 4, 1363 Battle of Lake Poyang

Ming dynasty[]

  • 1381 Ming conquest of Yunnan
  • 1300s–1400s Miao Rebellions
  • 1399–1402 Jingnan Campaign
  • 1400s–1500s Ming–Turpan conflict
  • 1406–1407 Ming–Hồ War
  • 1405–1433 Treasure voyages
  • 1206–1337 Mongol invasions
    • 1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress
  • 1510 Prince of Anhua rebellion
  • 1519 Prince of Ning rebellion
  • 1521 First 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 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 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
    • May 1841 Battle of Canton
    • 1841 Battle of Amoy
    • 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
    • 1856 First rout the Army Group Jiangnan
    • 1858 Battle of Sanhe
    • 1860 Second rout the Army Group Jiangnan
    • 1861 Battle of Anqing
    • 1861 Battle of Guanzhong
    • 1861 Battle of Shanghai
    • 1862 Battle of Cixi
    • 1863 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
  • 1864–1869 Nien Rebellion
    • 1867 Battle of Inlon River
  • 1856–1860 Second Anglo-Chinese War
    • 1856 Pearl River Forts
    • 1857 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
The Qing Empire in 1890
  • 1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
    • 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei
  • 1895–1896 Dungan Revolt
  • 1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
    • 1900 Battle of Taku Forts
    • 1900 Battle of Tientsin
    • 1900 Battle of Shanhaiguan
    • 1900 Battle of Beicang
    • 1900 Battle of Yangcun
    • 1900 Battle of Yingkou
    • 1900 Battles on Amur River
    • 1900 Battle of Peking
    • 1900 Seymour Expedition
    • 1900 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[]

  • 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
    • 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[]

Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
  • 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)

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 conquest of Taiwan
  • 1947 February 28 Incident

Japan[]

  • August 27–28, 663 Battle of Baekgang
  • 1019 Toi invasion
  • 1180–1185 Genpei War
  • 1274–1281 Mongol invasions of Japan
  • 1467 Ōnin War
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1895 1895 Japanese Conquest of Taiwan
  • 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[]

Mongolia[]

South Asia[]

India[]

  • c. 15000 BCE Ramayana War
  • c. 5300 BCE – Kurukshetra War

Bharat[]

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

Kingdom of Magadha[]

  • 500–321 BCE 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-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

Vijaynagara Empire[]

1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts

  • 1520 Battle of Raichur
  • 1565 Battle of Talikota

Mughal Empire[]

Maratha Empire[]

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
    • 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/Indian Mutiny
    • 1857 Siege of Delhi
    • 1857 Siege of Cawnpore
    • 1857 Siege of Lucknow
    • 1857 Battle of Jhelum
    • 1857 Siege of Arrah
    • 1858 Jhansi

British Raj[]

  • 1823–1886 Anglo-Burmese wars
    • 1823–1826 First Anglo-Burmese War
    • 1852–1853 Second Anglo-Burmese War
    • 1885–1886 Third Anglo-Burmese War
  • 1839–1860 Opium Wars
    • 1839–1848 First Opium War
    • 1856–1860 Second Opium War
    • 1897–1898 Tirah Campaign
    • 1919–Third Anglo-Afghan War
  • 1841–1842 Sino-Sikh War
  • 1845–1849 Anglo-Sikh Wars
    • 1845–1846 First Anglo-Sikh War
    • 1848–1849 Second Anglo-Sikh War
  • 1888 Sikkim Expedition
  • 1897–1898 Tirah Campaign
  • Indian independence movement
  • 1905 Partition of Bengal
  • 1905–1947 Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
  • 1914–1918 World War I
  • 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  • 1920–1935 Non-cooperation movement
  • 1939–1945 World War II
    • 1939–1945 India in World War II
    • 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
    • 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II
    • 1942–1945 Battles and operations of the Indian National Army
  • 1942–1945 Battles and operations of the Indian National Army
  • 1942–1947 Quit India Movement

Dominion of India[]

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

Republic of India[]

  • 1961 Operation Vijay
  • 1962 Sino-Indian War
  • 1964 – ongoing Insurgency in Northeast India
  • 1965 Indo-Pakistani War
  • 1967 – ongoing Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
  • March 26 – December 16, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
    • 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
  • 1989 – ongoing Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • 1999 Kargil 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
    • 1965 Indo-Pakistani War
    • 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
  • 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
  • 2004 – ongoing War in Waziristan
  • 2004 – ongoing Balochistan conflict
  • 2007 Pakistani state of emergency

Bangladesh[]


People's Republic of Bangladesh[]

Bhutan[]

  • 1766–1788 Ten Great Campaigns

Nepal[]

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

Sri Lanka[]

  • 1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
  • 1796 East India Company conquest
  • 1803–1815 Kandian Wars
  • 1914–1948 Sri Lankan independence movement
  • 1971 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)
  • 1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War

Maldives[]

Southeast Asia[]

Cambodia[]

Kingdom of Funan[]

  • c. 100 Preah Thaong and Neang Neak conflict

Chenla Kingdom[]

  • Apex and decline of Funan

Khmer Empire[]

900 AD
Red: Khmer Empire
Light green: Haripunjaya
Yellow: Champa
  • 1020–1130 Medieval Chola invasions

French Indochina[]

Burma[]

  • 1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
  • 1548–1549 Burmese–Siamese War
  • 1765–1769 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 – Burmese anti-government protests

Laos[]

  • 1957–1975 Vietnam War
  • 1975 – ongoing Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong

Thailand[]

Vietnam[]

  • 258–257 BCE
  • 217–207 BCE
  • 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
  • 938–939 Ngô Quyền war of independence
  • 966–968 War between the 12 warlords
  • 981
  • 1075–1077
  • 1257–58, 1284–85, 1287–88 Mongol invasions of Vietnam
  • 982, 1312, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1446–1471, 1695, 1796
  • 1407–1427 War against the Ming dynasty
  • 1553–1592 Lê–Mạc civil war
  • 1627–1673 Trịnh–Nguyễn War
  • 1714–1755
  • 1788–1789 Qing–Tây Sơn War
  • 1784–1785 Tây Sơn-Siam War
  • 1858–1885 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 border conflict
  • 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish

Indonesia[]

  • 1020–1130 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 Indonesian Invasion of East Timor
  • 1969–present Indonesian West Papua Conflict
  • 1976–2005 Insurgency in Aceh

Malaysia[]

Philippines[]

North Asia[]

Russia[]

Xiongnu[]

Rouran Khaganate[]

  • 330–555 Origin and expansion

Turkic Khaganate[]

Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE

Uyghur Khaganate[]

  • 744–848 The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia

Mongol Empire[]

  • 1207 Mongol conquest of Siberia

Golden Horde[]

Grand Duchy of Moscow[]

  • 1438–1552 Russo-Kazan Wars

Tsardom of Russia[]

  • 1571 Russo-Crimean War
  • July 1580 – 1639 Russian conquest of Siberia
Territory of Muscovy / Russia in       1500,       1600 and       1700.

Russian Empire[]

Map of the Russian Empire showing any and all territory and immediate influence it possessed regardless of time period.
  Territory[a]
  Spheres of influence
  • 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
    • 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[]

Russian Federation[]

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

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
    • 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
  • 2009 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis

Chronological list of wars[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

  • 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish
  • 2001 – today War on Terror
  • 2003–2004 Operation All Clear
  • 2005 Islamic uprising in Uzbekistan
  • 2005–2006 2005-2006 Fijian political crisis
    • 2006 Fijian military unrest in 2006
  • 2006 2006 Fijian coup d'état
  • 2009 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis
  • 2008 Russo-Georgian War
  • 2008–2009 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off
  • 2010 Uruzgan helicopter attack
  • 2016 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
  • 2016 – 2017 2016 Kashmir unrest
  • 28–29 September 2016 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation

See also[]


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