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, see List of conflicts in the Middle East.
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
c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad
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
c. 2002 BCE (Short chronology) Gutian attacks on the Akkadian Empire
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
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
c. 1766 BCE (Short chronology) Ishbi-Erra of Isin reconquered much of the former heartland of Sumer and Akkad from Elam and various invaders
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
c. 1531 BCE (Short chronology) Fall of Babylon
c. 1507 BCE (Short chronology) 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
c. 1125–1104 BCE (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's War with Elam
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
911–605 BCE Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
883–859 BCE Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II
859–824 BCE Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
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
703–689 BCE War with Babylon
693 BCE Battle of Diyala River
693 BCE Siege of Babylon
681–669 BCE Campaigns of Esarhaddon
668–627 BCE Campaigns of Ashurbanipal
627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
626 BCE Revolt of Babylon
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
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
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
627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
626 BCE Revolt of Babylon
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
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
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
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
335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
October 1, 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
311–309 BCE Babylonian War
238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars
238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia
129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana
92 BCE – 629 CE Roman–Persian Wars
198 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
243 CE Battle of Resaena
66 BCE – 217 CE Roman–Parthian Wars
40–33 BCE Antony's Parthian War
161–166 BCE Roman–Parthian War
213–217 BCE Parthian war of Caracalla
217 CE Battle of Nisibis
217–502 BCE Roman–Sasanian wars
Winter of 244 Battle of Misiche
253 Battle of Barbalissos
260 Battle of Edessa
264 Battle of Ctesiphon
344 Battle of Satala
359 Siege of Singara
359 Siege of Amida
April 27–29, 363 Siege of Pirisabora
May 29, 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
c. 602 – c. 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
April 637 Battle of Jalula
633–644 BCE 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
April 637 Battle of Jalula
656–661 First Islamic Civil War
656 Battle of the Camel
659 Battle of Nahrawan
680–692 BCE Second Islamic Civil War
October 10, 680 Battle of Karbala
692 Battle of Maskin
743–750 Third Islamic Civil War
January 25, 750 Battle of the Zab
September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt
809–827 Fourth Islamic Civil War
812–813 Siege of Baghdad
861–870 Anarchy at Samarra
946 Battle of Baghdad
1157 Siege of Baghdad
1258 Siege of Baghdad
1370–1405 Assyrian people are massacred at Assur by Timur
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
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 Samarrah Offensive
September 28–29, 1917 Battle of Ramadi
March 26–27, 1918 Action of Khan Baghdadi
October 23–30, 1918 Battle of Sharqat
May–October 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
June 10, 1940 – May 2, 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
May 2–31, 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War
April 1, 1941 Iraq coup
1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
November 1922 – July 1924 Mahmud Barzanji revolts
1931–32 Ahmed Barzani revolt
1943 – October 1945 Barzani revolt
1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
September 11, 1961 – 1970 First Kurdish–Iraqi War
April 1974 – Mid 1975 Second Kurdish–Iraqi War
1975–1983 PUK insurgency
September 1983 – September 1988 Kurdish Rebellion
May 1994 – November 24, 1997 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
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
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
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
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
c. 3500 BCE Battle at Hamoukar
c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad
Akkadian conquest of Ebla
c. 1282 BCE Capture of Kadesh
Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II
Late May 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh
854–846 BCE Assyrian conquest of Aram
853 BCE Battle of Qarqar
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
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
c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam
c. 1125–1104 BCE (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's War with Elam
559–530 BCE Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
552 BCE Persian Revolt
552 BCE Battle of Hyrba
551 BCE Battle of the Persian Border
550 BCE Battle of Pasargadae
335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
January 20, 330 BCE Battle of the Persian Gate
322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
317 BCE Battle of Paraitacene
Winter 316 BCE Battle of Gabiene
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 BCE Roman–Parthian War
217 CE Battle of Nisibis
April 24, 224 Parthian–Sasanian War
502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
440 Byzantine–Sasanian War
572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War
August 591 Battle of Blarathon
633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia
642 Battle of Nahāvand
656–661 First Islamic Civil War
680–692 Second Islamic Civil War
743–750 Third Islamic Civil War
809–827 Fourth Islamic Civil War
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
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
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 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
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
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 by Nebuchadnezzar II
587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
601–587 BCE Jewish–Babylonian war
597 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
October 332 BCE Siege of Gaza
322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
312 BCE 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
63 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Pompey the Great, intervening in the Hasmonean civil war on behalf of the Roman Republic.
37 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Herod the Great, ending Hasmonean rule over Judea.
66–136 BCE Jewish–Roman wars
66–73 First Jewish–Roman War
70 Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, ending the major phase of the Great Jewish Revolt. It ended in the destruction of Herod's Temple.
115–117 Second Jewish–Roman War
66–136 BCE Jewish–Roman wars
132–136 Third Jewish–Roman War
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
637 Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire
1099–1291 The Crusades
1099 First Crusade
1099 Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
1099 Battle of Ascalon
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
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
1213–21 Fifth Crusade
1218 Capture of Jerusalem
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
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
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
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
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
April 13, 1975 – October 13, 1990 CE Lebanese Civil War
February 7 – April 1978 Hundred Days' War
June 6, 1982 – June 1985 Lebanon War
September 3, 1983 – February 1984 Mountain War
May 19, 1985 – July 1988 War of the Camps
May 14, 1948 – ongoing Israeli–Lebanese conflict
June 1985 – May 25, 2000 South Lebanon conflict
July 12 – August 14, 2006 Lebanon War
December 18, 2010 – ongoing Arab Spring
March 15, 2011 – ongoing Syrian Civil War
2011 – ongoing Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
June 17, 2011 – ongoing Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
1650–1600 BCE Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
1430–1350 BCE Kaska invasions of Hatti
1260–1240 BCE Trojan War
1112 BCE Diaokhi–Assyrian War
756–741 BCE Diaokhi–Urartian War
729–722 BCE Colchian–Cimmerian War
May 28, 585 BCE Battle of Halys
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
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
322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars
192–188 BCE Roman–Syrian War
92 BCE – 629 CE Roman-Persian Wars
June 8, 218 CE Battle of Antioch
260 Battle of Edessa
344 Siege of Singara
359 Siege of Amida
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
66–217 BCE Roman-Parthian Wars
June 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae
39 BCE Battle of the Cilician Gates
39 BCE Battle of Amanus Pass
421–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
421–422 Roman–Sasanian War
502–506 Anastasian War
526–532 Iberian War
572–591 Roman–Persian War
602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War
610 Antioch riots
613 Battle of Antioch
610–628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius
615 Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor
622 Heraclius' campaign
602–628 Byzantine assault on Persia
626 Siege of Constantinople
627–629 Third Perso-Turkic War
629–1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
674–678 Siege of Constantinople
717–718 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
962 Siege of Aleppo
1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars
August 26, 1071 Battle of Manzikert
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
1204–1261 Bulgarian–Latin wars
1235 Siege of Constantinople
Nicaean–Latin Wars
1260 Siege of Constantinople
1265–1479 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
1265–1328 Rise of the Ottomans
1328–1341 Byzantium counter
1331 Siege of Nicaea
1333–1337 Siege of Nicomedia
1341–1371 Balkan invasion and civil war
1371–1394 Byzantine civil war and vassalage
1394–1424 Resumption of hostilities
1422 Siege of Constantinople
1424–1453 Ottoman campaign on Constantinopolis
April 6, 1453 – May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople
623 Al Is Caravan Raid
623 Batn Rabigh Caravan Raid
May & June 623 Kharar Caravan Raid
August 623 Invasion of Waddan
October 623 Invasion of Buwat
December 623 Invasion of Dul Ashir
623 Invasion of Safwan
January 624 Nakhla Raid
March 624 Battle of Badr
January 624 Assassination of Asma bint Marwan
February 624 Assassination of Abu Afak
624 Invasion of Sawiq
February 624 Invasion of Banu Qaynuqa
May 624 Al Kudr Invasion
September 624 Invasion of Thi Amr
September 624 Assassination of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
624 Invasion of Bahran
624 Nejd Caravan Raid
December 624 Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik
March 23 625 Battle of Uhud
March 625 Invasion of Hamra al-Asad
June 625 Expedition of Qatan
625 Expedition of Abdullah Ibn Unais
625 Expedition of Al Raji
627 The Mission of Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri
July 625 Expedition of Bir Maona
August 625 Invasion of Banu Nadir
October 625 or 627 Expedition of Dhat al-Riqa
January 626 or March 625 Invasion of Badr
July 626 Invasion of Dumatul Jandal
February 627 Battle of the Trench
February–March 627 Invasion of Banu Qurayza
June 627 Expedition of Muhammad ibn Maslamah
627 Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan
August 627 First Raid on Banu Thalabah
August 627 Second Raid on Banu Thalabah
September 627 Invasion of Banu Lahyan
627 Raid on al-Ghabah
September 627 Expedition of Dhu Qarad
627 Expedition of Zaid ibn Haritha (Al-Jumum)
September 627 Expedition of Zaid ibn Haritha (Al-Is)
627 Third Raid on Banu Thalabah
October 627 Expedition of Zaid ibn Haritha (Hisma)
December 627 Expedition of Zaid ibn Haritha (Wadi al-Qura)
December 627 Invasion of Banu Mustaliq
December 627 Expedition of Abdur Rahman bin Auf
627 Expedition of Fidak
January 628 Second Expedition of Wadi al-Qura
February 628 Expedition of Kurz bin Jabir Al-Fihri
February 628 Expedition of Abdullah ibn Rawaha
March 628 Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
May 628 Conquest of Fidak
May/June 628 Battle of Khaybar
May 628 Third Expedition of Wadi al Qura
December 628 Expedition of Umar ibn al-Khatab
December 628 Expedition of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq
December 628 Expedition of Bashir Ibn Sa’d al-Ansari (Fadak)
January 629 Expedition of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi (Mayfah)
May 629 Expedition of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi (Fadak)
February 629 Expedition of Bashir Ibn Sa’d al-Ansari (Yemen)
April 629 Expedition of Ibn Abi Al-Awja Al-Sulami
May 629 Expedition of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi (Al-Kadid)
June 629 Raid on Banu Layth
June 629 Expedition of Shuja ibn Wahb al-Asadi
June 629 Expedition of Ka’b ibn 'Umair al-Ghifari
August 629 Battle of Mu'tah
September 629 Expedition of Amr ibn al-As
October 629 Expedition of Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah
629 Expedition of Abi Hadrad al-Aslami
November or Dec 629 Expedition of Abu Qatadah ibn Rab'i al-Ansari (Khadirah)
December 629 Expedition of Abu Qatadah ibn Rab'i al-Ansari (Batn Edam)
December 629 Conquest of Mecca
December 629 Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (Nakhla)
December 629 Raid of Amr ibn al-As
December 629 Raid of Sa'd ibn Zaid al-Ashhali
January 630 Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (Banu Jadhimah)
January 630 Battle of Hunayn
January 630 Expedition of At-Tufail ibn 'Amr Ad-Dausi
630 Battle of Autas
January 630 Expedition of Abu Amir Al-Ashari
January 630 Expedition of Abu Musa Al-Ashari
January 630 Siege of Ta'if
April 630 Expedition of Uyainah bin Hisn
May 630 Expedition of Qutbah ibn Amir
June 630 Expedition of Dahhak al-Kilabi
July 630 Expedition of Alqammah bin Mujazziz
July 630 Third Expedition of Dhu Qarad
July 630 Expedition of Ali ibn Abi Talib
July 630 Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan (Udhrah and Baliy)
October 630 Battle of Tabouk
October 630 Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (Dumatul Jandal)
630 Expedition of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
630 Demolition of Masjid al-Dirar
April 631 Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (2nd Dumatul Jandal)
April 631 Expedition of Surad ibn Abdullah
June 631 Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (Najran)
December 631 Expedition of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Mudhij)
631 Expedition of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Hamdan)
April 632 Demolition of Dhul Khalasa
May 632 Expedition of Usama bin Zayd
632–633 Ridda wars
September 632 Battle of Buzakha
Battle of Ghamra
December 632 Battle of Yamama
October 632 Battle of Zafar
August 633 Battle of Dawmat al-Jandal
October 633 Battle of Naqra
656–661 First Islamic Civil War
680–692 Second Islamic Civil War
743–750 Third Islamic Civil War
September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt
c. 2492 BCE Battle between Haik and Nimrod
714 BCE Urartu–Assyria War
335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
327 BCE Siege of the Sogdian Rock
250 BCE Independence
230 BCE Overthrow of Diodotus II
210 BCE Seleucid invasion
180 BCE Expansion into India
141 BCE Defeats against Parthia
162 BCE Yuezhi expansion
36 BCE Battle of Sogdiana
1st and 2nd Centuries CE Kushan expansion
Origin and expansion
Göktürk civil war
Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue
Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
657 Conquest of the Western Turks
1216–1221 Mongol invasion of Central Asia
1262 Berke–Hulagu war
1370 Siege of Balkh
Conquest of the Tarim Basin and war with the Central Asians
The Great Game
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
962 Ghaznavid Empire
Afghan Empires and the Great Game
1709 Hotaki Empire and Durrani Empire
The Great Game
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1979–1988 Soviet war in Afghanistan
104–101 BCE War of the Heavenly Horses
Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars
May 23, 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan
2852–2070 BCE Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Period
c. 2500 BCE Battle of Banquan
c. 2500 BCE Battle of Zhuolu
c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang
c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao
c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang
c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao
c. 1046 BC
c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye
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
215 BCE Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
214 BCE Qin's campaign against the Yue tribes
209 BCE Dazexiang Uprising
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
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 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
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
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
420–589 Southern and Northern Dynasties
537 Battle of Shayuan
602 Ly–Sui War
598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War
617–621 Transition from Sui to Tang
617 Battle of Huoyi
621 Battle of Hulao
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 fortress
645 Siege of Ansi fortress
668 Siege of P'yongyang
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 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
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
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 Compaign
February 12, 1101 – March 26, 1125 Reign of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao
1114–1122 Jurchen invasion
1123–1125 End of Liao dynasty
1206–1337 Mongol conquests
1211–1234 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty
1211 Battle of Yehuling
1215 Battle of Zhongdu
1351 Red Turban Rebellion
August 30 – October 4, 1363 Battle of Lake Poyang
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
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
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
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
1870 Battle of Ürümqi
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
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
1885 Battle of Phu Lam Tao
1885 Keelung Campaign
1885 Pescadores Campaign
1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
1895 Battle of Weihaiwei
1895–1896 Dungan Revolt
1899–1901 Russo-Chinese War
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
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
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)
1787–1788 Ten Great Campaigns
1895 Japanese conquest of Taiwan
1947 February 28 Incident
August 27–28, 663 Battle of Baekgang
1019 Toi invasion
1180–1185 Genpei War
1274–1281 Mongol invasions of Japan
1274 Battle of Bun'ei
1281 Battle of Kōan
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
1592 Siege of Busanjin
1592 Battle of Dadaejin
1592 Siege of Dongnae
1592 Battle of Sangju
1592 Battle of Chungju
1592 Battle of the Imjin River
1592 Gangwon campaign
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
108 BCE Gojoseon–Han War
57–668 BCE Conflicts of Three Kingdoms
391–413 King Gwanggaeto conquests
598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War
645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
892–936 Conflicts of Later Three Kingdoms
993–1019 Goryeo–Khitan War
1104–1107 Jurchen campaigns
1231–1259 Mongol invasions of Korea
December 1359 – November 1360 Red Turban invasions of Goryeo
1592–1598 Japanese-Korean War (1592–98)
1627 First Manchurian-Korean War
1636 Second Manchurian-Korean War
1866 French campaign against Korea
1871 United States expedition to Korea
1950–1953 Korean War
1966–1969 Korean DMZ conflict
1967–present Korean maritime border incidents
1206–1337 Mongol invasions
Tatar invasions
1938–1945 World War II
1938–39 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
c. 6000 BCE – c. 500 BCE Kurukshetra War
c. 4500 BCE – c. 1000 BCE Indo-Aryan migration (hypothetical)
c. 1700 BCE – c. 1000 BCE Battle of the Ten Kings
c. 15000 BCE Ramayana War
543–504 BCE Vijaya's conquest of Sri Lanka
September 522 BCE – October 486 BCE Military campaigns of Darius I
518 BCE Achaemenid invasion of Indus Valley
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
335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
327–325 BCE Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
327–326 BCE Siege of Aornos
May 327 BCE – March 326 BCE Cophen Campaign
May 326 BCE Battle of the Hydaspes
November 326 BCE – February 325 BCE Mallian Campaign
326 BCE Battle of the Hydaspes River
305–303 BCE Seleucid–Mauryan war
320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts
320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts
606–647 Empire of Harsha Conflicts
622–1526 Muslim conquests
711–1526 Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent
711–715 Muhammad bin Qasim's conquest of Sindh
738 Caliphate campaigns in India
750–850 Pala Empire conflicts
848–1130 Chola Empire conflicts
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
1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts
1520 Battle of Raichur
1526–1857 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
1739 Battle of Karnal
1674–1818 Maratha Empire
1761 Third Battle of Panipat
1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha Wars
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
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
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
1839–1919 Anglo-Afghan Wars
1839–1842 First Anglo-Afghan War
1878–1881 Second Anglo-Afghan 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
1947 Partition of India
October 22, 1947 – January 1, 1948 Indo-Pakistani War
September 13–18, 1948 Operation Polo
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
1987 Operation Pawan
1988 Operation Viraat
1988 Operation Trishul
1988 Operation Checkmate
1988 Maldives coup d'état
1989 – ongoing Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
1999 Kargil War
September 522 BCE – October 486 BCE Military campaigns of Darius I
518 BCE Achaemenid invasion of Indus Valley
335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
327–325 BCE Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
327–326 BCE Siege of Aornos
May 327 BCE – March 326 BCE Cophen Campaign
May 326 BCE Battle of the Hydaspes
November 326 BCE – February 325 BCE Mallian Campaign
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
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Operation Searchlight
1971 Bangladesh genocide
1971 Indo-Pakistani War
1973 Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish
2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis
1766–1788 Ten Great Campaigns
1790–1792 Ten Great Campaigns
1814–1816 Gurkha War
1855–1856 Nepalese–Tibetan War
1996–2006 Nepal Civil War
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
1976–1987 Eelam War I
1987–1989 JVP insurrection (Sri Lanka)
1990–1995 Eelam War II
1995–2002 Eelam War III
2006–2009 Eelam War IV
c. 100 Preah Thaong and Neang Neak conflict
Apex and decline of Funan
1020–1130 Medieval Chola invasions
1945–1954 First Indochina War
1967–1975 Cambodian Civil War
1957–1975 Vietnam War
1975–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1978–1988 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
1997 Clashes in Cambodia
2008 – ongoing Cambodian–Thai border dispute
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
1957–1975 Vietnam War
1975 – ongoing Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong
Thailand
1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1548–1855 Burmese–Siamese wars
1548 Burmese–Siamese War Toungoo–Ayutthaya
1759–1760 Burmese–Siamese War Konbaung–Ayutthaya
1775–1776 Burmese–Siamese War Konbaung–Bangkok
1939–1945 World War II
1940–1941 French-Thai War
2004 – ongoing South Thailand insurgency
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
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
1020–1130 Medieval Chola invasions
1293 Mongol invasion of Java
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
1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1786 Honourable East India Company Conquest
World War II
1941–1942 Malayan Campaign
1948–1960 Malayan Emergency
1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
2013 Lahad Datu Standoff
1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1819 Honourable East India Company Conquest
World War II
1942 Battle of Singapore
1896–1898 Philippine Revolution
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 Mindanao
1945 Battle of Corregidor
1945 Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
1946–1954 Hukbalahap Rebellion
1969 – ongoing Communist insurgency in the Philippines
1969 – ongoing Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
2013 Zamboanga City crisis
2002 – 2015 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
215 BCE Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
133 BCE – 89 CE Han–Xiongnu War
60–53 BCE Xiongnu Civil War
330–555 BCE Origin and expansion
581–593 BCE 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
744–848 The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia
1207 Mongol conquest of Siberia
1380–1390 Tokhtamysh–Timur war
Grand Duchy of Moscow
1438–1552 Russo-Kazan Wars
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
1652–1689 Sino-Russian border conflicts
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
November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922 Russian Civil War
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
1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
1911 Wuchang Uprising
1914–1918 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 Kuomintang – Warlords conflict
1927–1936 Chinese Civil War
1929 Sino-Soviet War
1929 Afghan civil war
1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
1939–1945 World War II
1939–1945 Indian Ocean conflict
1940 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
1940–1941 Franco-Thai War
1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand
1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Philippines
1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Malaya
1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Dutch Indies
1942–1945 New Guinea campaign
1942–1945 Burma Campaign
1944–1945 Allied invasion of Philippines
1944–1945 Japan campaign
1945 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
1945 British invasion of Malaya and Singapore
1945 Borneo campaign
1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
1946–1950 Chinese Civil War
1946–1954 First Indochina War
1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
1950–1953 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 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 Maoist rebellion in Sri Lanka
1978–1979 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1979 – today Assam conflict
1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War
1979–1998 Khmer Rouge insurgency
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War
1984 Siachen conflict
1984 Operation Blue Star
1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War
1989 – today Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
1989 Tiananmen protests
1989 – today Tripura rebellion
1989–1992 Mujahideen – Communist war in Afghanistan
1992–1996 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 insurgency in Uzbekistan
1999 Kargil War
2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish
2001 – today War on Terror
2001 – today Afghanistan War
2002 – today Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
2002 – today Islamic terrorism in Indonesia
2002 – today Islamic insurgency in Xinjiang
2004 – today War in North-West Pakistan
2004 – today South Thailand insurgency
2003–2004 Operation All Clear
2005 Islamic uprising in Uzbekistan
2008 Russo-Georgian War
2008–2009 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off
2010 Uruzgan helicopter attack
2016 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
2016 - today 2016 Kashmir unrest
2016 - today 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation
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