Wars and Conflicts in Asia This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and List of conflicts in the Middle East, List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts Western Asia Egypt For a more comprehensive list, see List of conflicts in 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-dug 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 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 Neo-Babylonian Empire The Neo-Babylonian Empire 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 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 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi 311–309 BCE Babylonian War Parthian Empire 238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars 238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia 129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana Roman Province of Mesopotamia Expansion of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire 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 Roman–Parthian War 216–217 Parthian war of Caracalla 217 CE Battle of Nisibis Sasanian Province of Asorestan 217–502 Roman–Sasanian wars Winter of 244 Battle of Misiche 253 Battle of Barbalissos 260 Battle of Edessa 264 Battle of Ctesiphon 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 Julian’s unsuccessful campaign in 363 resulted in the loss of the Roman territorial gains under the peace treaty of 299. 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 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 812–813 Siege of Baghdad 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 Iraq coup d’état 1918-2003 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict 1922-1924 Mahmud Barzanji revolts 1931-1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt 1943-1945 1943 Barzani revolt 1958 14 July Revolution First Iraqi Republic 1959 1959 Mosul uprising 1918-2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict 1961-1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War 1963 Ramadan Revolution Ba’athist Iraq 1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict September 11, 1961 – 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War April 1974 – Mid 1975 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War 1975–1983 PUK insurgency September 1983 – September 1988 Kurdish Rebellion 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 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 You Might Also Read Cancer; A raising sun of life for blood cancer/leukemia patient 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 For a more comprehensive list, see List of conflicts in 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 559–530 BCE Campaigns of Cyrus the Great 552 BCE Persian Revolt 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 317 BCE Battle of Paraitacene Winter 316 BCE Battle of Gabiene 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 238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars 238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia 129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana 66 BCE – 217 Roman–Parthian Wars 40–33 BCE Antony’s Parthian War 161–166 Roman–Parthian War 217 CE Battle of Nisibis Sasanian Empire 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 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 1911-1913 Revolt of Salar-al-Daulah 1914-1918 World War I 1914-1918 Persian Campaign Pahlavi dynasty 1918-ongoing Kurdish–Iranian conflict 1918 Simko Shikak revolt 1926 1926 Shikak revolt 1929 Jafar Sultan revolt 1941-1944 Hama Rashid revolt 1945-1926 Iran crisis of 1946 1967 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran 1922–2022 Arab separatism in Khuzestan 1922–1924 Sheikh Khazal rebellion 1939–1945 World War II 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 1963–1976 Dhofar Rebellion Islamic Republic of Iran 1979 Iranian Revolution 1979-1983 Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis 1922–2022 Arab separatism in Khuzestan 1979 1979 Khuzestan insurgency 2005 2005 Ahvaz unrest 2005–2006 2005-06 Ahvaz bombings 2011 2011 Khuzestan protests 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack 1918–ongoing Kurdish–Iranian conflict 1979 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran 1984-1991 KDPI-Komala conflict 1989-1996 KDPI insurgency (1989-96) 2004-ongoing Iran-PJAK conflict 2014 Mahabad riots 2016-ongoing Western Iran clashes (2016–present) 1980–1989 Iran-Iraq War 1948–ongoing Balochistan conflict 2004‐ongoing Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency 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 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 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 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 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 66–136 Jewish–Roman wars 66–73 First Jewish–Roman War 70 Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, ending the major phase of the First Jewish–Roman War. It ended in the destruction of Herod’s Temple. 115–117 Second Jewish–Roman War Roman Province of Syria Palaestina 66–136 Jewish–Roman wars 132–136 Third Jewish–Roman War 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 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 1218–19 Damietta 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 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 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 1112 BCE Diaokhi–Assyrian War 756–741 BCE Diaokhi–Urartian War 729–722 BCE Colchian–Cimmerian War 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 322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi 238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars Roman Republic 192–188 BCE Roman–Syrian War 92 BCE – 629 CE Roman-Persian Wars June 8, 218 CE Battle of Antioch 260 Battle of Edessa 344 Siege of Singara 359 Siege of Amida 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 June 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae 39 BCE Battle of the Cilician Gates 39 BCE Battle of Amanus Pass Byzantine Empire Territorial development of the Roman Empire between the years CE 300 and 1453 (Animated map). 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 Seljuq Empire 1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars August 26, 1071 Battle of Manzikert Seljuk Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of Malik Shah I 1090–1194 Nizari–Seljuk conflicts 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 You Might Also Read Arenaviruses - Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Risks Expansion of the Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240 Latin Empire 1204–1261 Bulgarian–Latin wars 1235 Siege of Constantinople Nicaean–Latin Wars 1260 Siege of Constantinople Ottoman Empire Greatest extent (red) with vassal states (light red) of the Ottoman Empire in 1590s. 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 1893 Battle of Al Wajbah 1893-1908 Macedonian Struggle 1894 1894 Sasun rebellion 1894-1897 Hamidian massacres 1895-1896 Zeitun rebellion (1895–96) 1897 Greco-Turkish War (1897) 1903 Theriso revolt 1903 Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising 1904 1904 Sasun uprising 1905 Shoubak revolt of 1905 1906 Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906) 1908 Young Turk Revolution 1909 31 March Incident 1909-1910 Hauran Druze Rebellion 1910 Albanian revolt of 1910 1910 Karak revolt 1911 Albanian revolt of 1911 1911-1912 Italo-Turkish War 1912 Albanian revolt of 1912 1912-1913 Balkan Wars 1912-1913 First Balkan War 1912 Battle of Kumanovo 1912 Battle of Prilep 1912 Battle of Monastir 1912-1913 Siege of Adrianople 1912-1913 Siege of Scutari 1913 Second Balkan War 1914-1918 World War I 1914-1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I 1914-1918 Caucasus campaign 1914-1918 Mesopotamian campaign 1914-1918 South Arabia during World War I 1914-1918 Persian Campaign 1915-1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign 1915-1916 Gallipoli campaign 1916-1918 Arab Revolt 1919-1923 Turkish War of Independence 1918-1922 Franco-Turkish War 1919-1922 Greco-Turkish War 1919-1920 [Revolt of Ahmet Anzavur] 1920 Turkish-Armenian War 1920 Battle of Geyve 1920 Konya rebellion Republic of Turkey 1921 Kurdish rebellions in Turkey 1921 Koçgiri rebellion 1924 Beytussebab rebellion 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion 1927-1930 Ararat rebellion 1937-1938 Dersim rebellion 1978-ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) 1990-ongoing Serhildan 2015-ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) 1960 1960 Turkish coup d’état 1962 February 22, 1962 uprising 1963 May 20, 1963 uprising 1969 20 May 1969 coup attempt 1971 1971 Turkish military memorandum 1963-1964 Cypriot intercommunal violence 1972-ongoing Maoist insurgency in Turkey 1990-present DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus 1980 1980 Turkish coup d’état 1997 1997 Turkish military memorandum 1993-ongoing Turkish government–Gülen movement conflict 2013 Gezi Park protests 2016 2016 Turkish coup d’état attempt 2016 2016–present purges in Turkey 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 September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt 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 Battle of Kinzaan July 1918 – 4 July 1919 First Saudi–Hashemite War 1919 – 1920 Kuwait-Najd War 1921 Second Saudi–Rashidi War September 1924 – December 1925 Second Saudi-Hashemite War 1927 – 1930 Ikhwan Revolt 1934 Saudi–Yemeni War 1948-1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1962-1970 North Yemen Civil War 1969 Al-Wadiah War 1973 Yom Kippur War 1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War 1979 Grand Mosque seizure 1979 1979 Qatif uprising 1979–1983, 2011–2020 Qatif conflict 1991 Gulf War 2009-2010 Operation Scorched Earth 2014-ongoing Military intervention against ISIL 2015-ongoing Yemeni Civil War 2017–2020 Qatif unrest Armenia c. 2492 BCE Battle between Haik and Nimrod 714 BCE Urartu–Assyria War 1914-1918 World War I 1918 Georgian–Armenian War 1920 Red Army invasion of Armenia 1988-ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 1988-1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War 2008 2008 Mardakert clashes 2010 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes 2010 2010 Mardakert clashes 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2014 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown 2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2020 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war 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 Göktürk civil war Emperor Taizong’s campaign against Eastern Tujue Tang campaigns against the Western Turks 657 Conquest of the Western Turks Khwarazmian dynasty 1216–1221 Mongol invasion of Central Asia Mongol Empire 1262 Berke–Hulagu war Timurid dynasty 1370 Siege of Balkh 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 1709 Hotaki Empire and Durrani Empire The Great Game Khost rebellion (1856–1857) Khost rebellion (1912) Khost rebellion (1924–1925) Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Russian Empire 1916–1934 Basmachi movement Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1916–1934 Basmachi movement 1979–1988 Soviet–Afghan War Turkmenistan Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan 1916-1934 Basmachi Movement 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 632 BCE Battle of Chengpu 595 BCE Battle of Bi 588 BCE Battle of An 575 BCE Battle of Yanling 506 BCE Battle of Boju 4th century BCE Gojoseon–Yan War 478 BCE Battle of Lize 475–221 BCE Warring States period 453 BCE Battle of Jinyang 353 BCE Battle of Guiling 342 BCE Battle of Maling 293 BCE Battle of Yique 260 BCE Battle of Changping 230–221 BCE Qin’s wars of unification Qin dynasty 215 BCE Qin’s campaign against the Xiongnu 214 BCE Qin’s campaign against the Yue tribes 209 BCE Dazexiang Uprising 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 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 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 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 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 304 Wu Hu uprising 354 Huan Wen’s expeditions 383 Battle of Fei River 395 Battle of Canhe Slope 409 Liu Yu’s expeditions Liu Song dynasty 420–589 Southern and Northern Dynasties 537 Battle of Shayuan Sui dynasty 602 Ly–Sui War 598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War 617–621 Transition from Sui to Tang 617 Battle of Huoyi 621 Battle of Hulao Tang dynasty 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 Siege of Yodong 645 Siege of Ansi 668 Siege of Pyongyang 660–663 Baekje-Tang War 663 Battle of Baekgang 670 Battle of Dafei River 698 Battle of Tianmenling 7th century – 8th century Muslim conquest of Transoxiana 717 Battle of Aksu 751 Battle of Talas 745–749 Siege of Shibao fortress December 16, 755 – February 17, 763 An Lushan Rebellion 756 Battle of Tong Pass 756 Battle of Yongqiu 757 Battle of Suiyang 757 Battle of Xiangjisi 758–759 Battle of Xiangzhou 762 Battle of Luoyang 801–802 Battle of Weizhou 819 Battle of Yanzhou 874–884 Huang Chao Rebellion Song dynasty 1129–1141 Yue Fei’s campaign against Jin November 1125 – 13th century Jin–Song Wars 1161 Battle of Tangdao 1161 Battle of Caishi 1235–1279 Song–Yuan wars 1273 Battle of Xiangyang 1279 Battle of Yamen Liao dynasty November 15, 976 – May 8, 997 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 1206–1337 Mongol conquests 1211–1234 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty 1211 Battle of Yehuling 1215 Battle of Zhongdu 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 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 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 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 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. 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Answer is here... 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 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 Korea 108 BCE Wiman Joseon–Han War 57 BCE–668 CE Conflicts of Three Kingdoms 391–413 King Gwanggaeto conquests 598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War 612 Battle of Salsu 645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War 645 Siege of Yodong 645 Siege of Ansi 668 Siege of Pyongyang 892–936 Conflicts of Later Three Kingdoms 993–1019 Goryeo–Khitan War 1104–1107 Jurchen campaigns 1231–1259 Mongol invasions of Korea December 1359 – November 1360 Red Turban invasions of Goryeo 1592–1598 Japanese-Korean War (1592–98) 1592 Siege of Busan 1592 Siege of Dongnae 1592 Battle of Sangju 1592 Battle of Chungju 1592 Battle of the Imjin River 1592 Joseon naval campaigns 1592 Siege of Jinju 1593 Siege of Haengju 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang 1598 Battle of Noryang Point 1627 First Manchurian-Korean War 1636 Second Manchurian-Korean War 1866 French campaign against Korea 1871 United States expedition to Korea 1910 Japanese annexation of Korea 1910-1945 Korean Liberation Army And Japanese war 1945– Korean conflict 1950–1953 (De jure: 2019) Korean War 1966–1969 Korean DMZ conflict 1967– Korean maritime border incidents Mongolia 1206–1337 Mongol invasions Tatar invasions 1938–1945 World War II 1938–39 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria 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 1526–1757 Mughal Empire conflicts 1526 First Battle of Panipat 1527 Battle of Khanwa 1556 Second Battle of Panipat 1615–82 Ahom–Mughal conflicts 1649–53 Mughal–Safavid War 1739 Battle of Karnal Maratha Empire 1681-1707 Mughal-Maratha Wars 1737-1758 Maratha conquests of North and Northwest India 1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha Wars 1780-1787 Maratha-Mysore Wars Sikh Empire 1799–1849 Sikh Empire conflicts 1708 Battle of Chamkaur 1700 First Battle of Anandpur 1687 Battle of Nadaun 1897 Battle of Saragarhi 1701–1704 Second Battle of Anandpur September 18, 1688 Battle of Bhangani 1837 Battle of Jamrud 1841–1842 Sino-Sikh war 1855–1856 Nepalese–Tibetan War Company rule in India 1766–1799 Anglo-Mysore Wars 1766–1769 First Anglo-Mysore War 1780–1784 Second Anglo-Mysore War 1789–1792 Third Anglo-Mysore War 1798–1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War 1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha Wars 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 1987 Operation Pawan 1988 Operation Viraat 1988 Operation Trishul 1988 Operation Checkmate 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 1303 Conquest of Sylhet 1512–1516 Bengal Sultanate–Kingdom of Mrauk U War 1576 Battle of Rajmahal 1665 Conquest of Chittagong 1757 Battle of Plassey People’s Republic of Bangladesh 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Operation Searchlight Operation Hotel Intercontinental 1971 Bangladesh genocide 1971 Indo-Pakistani War Liberation of Mirpur Battle of Gazipur Battle of Sylhet Battle of Boyra 1972-1975 Communist insurgency 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d’état 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d’état 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d’état 1977 Bogra mutiny 1977 Air Force mutiny 1977-1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict 1991-1992 Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation 1994 Ansar mutiny 1996 coup d’état attempt 1998 coup d’état 2001 Indo-Bangla border skirmish 2004 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis 2008 Myanmar naval standoff 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt 2011 coup d’état attempt 2015 Arakan Army border clash 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 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 Maldives 1988 Maldives coup d’état attempt 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 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 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 1975–2008 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 Vietnam 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 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 1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions 1786 Honourable East India Company conquest 1939–1945 World War II 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign 1948–1960 Malayan Emergency 1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 1968–1989 Communist insurgency in Malaysia 2013 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Philippines 900-1565 Precolonial period 1521Battle of Mactan 1896–1898 Philippine Revolution 1898Spanish–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 rebellion in the Philippines 1969 – 2019 Islamic insurgency in the Philippines 2013Zamboanga City crisis 2017Battle of Marawi 2002 – 2015 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines 1965-1986 Under Marcos North Asia Russia Xiongnu 215 BCE Qin’s campaign against the Xiongnu 133 BCE – 89 CE Han–Xiongnu War 60–53 BCE Xiongnu Civil War Rouran Khaganate 330–555 Origin and expansion Turkic Khaganate 581–593 Göktürk civil war Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE 626–649 Emperor Taizong’s campaign against Eastern Tujue 640–657 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks 657 Conquest of the Western Turks Uyghur Khaganate 744–848 The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia Mongol Empire 1207 Mongol conquest of Siberia Golden Horde 1380–1390 Tokhtamysh–Timur war 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. July 1580 – 1598 Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir October 23, 1582 Battle of Chuvash Cape 1652–1689 Sino-Russian border conflicts 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 1939–1945 World War II 1938–1939 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria 1945–1991 Cold War 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict Russian Federation 1991-ongoing Kuril Islands dispute (1994-1996),(1999-2010) Chechen Wars 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 2006 Fijian military unrest in 2006 2006 Fijian coup d’état 2009 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis Chronological list of wars 20th century 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 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 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 Chinese invasion of Tibet 1950–1953 Korean War 1951–1954 Abadan Crisis 1954–1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis 1959 Tibetan uprising 1959–1975 Vietnam War 1962 Sino-Indian War 1964 – today 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 1980 Coconut War 1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War 1984 Siachen conflict 1984 Operation Blue Star 1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War 1987 Fijian coups d’état 1988-1998 Bougainville Civil 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 1998-2003 Solomon Islands Civil War 1999 Kargil War 2000-2001 2000 Fijian coup d’état 21st century 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 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