List of conflicts in Asia

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This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and List of conflicts in the Middle East , List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts.

Contents

Middle East

Bahrain

Cyprus

Egypt

Prehistoric Egypt

Early Dynastic Period

  • c. 3100 BCE Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
  • c. 3050 BCE Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians.
  • c. 2890 BCE After the death of Qa'a, the last pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt, a short war may have occurred for the throne, ending with the accession of Hotepsekhemwy.
  • c. 2690 BCE Khasekhemwy reunited Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt

Old Kingdom

First Intermediate Period

Middle Kingdom

Second Intermediate Period

New Kingdom of Egypt

  • c. 1550 Pharaoh Ahmosis I launches an invasion on the Hyksos in Upper and Lower Egypt. A new era in Ancient Egyptian history: the New Kingdom under the rule of the 18th dynasty.
  • c. 1282 BCE Seti's military campaigns
  • 1206 BCE – c. 1150 BCE Bronze Age collapse causes the collapse of the New Kingdom of Egypt and subsequent attacks from Libyans, with associated people of Ekwesh, Shekelesh, Lukka, Shardana, and Tursha. A second attack during the reign of Ramesses III involved Peleset, Tjeker, Shardana and Denyen.

Third Intermediate Period

Late Period

Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Province of Egypt

Byzantine Diocese of Egypt

Rashidun Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

Ayyubid Dynasty

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt

Eyalet of Egypt

Khedivate of Egypt

Sultanate of Egypt

Kingdom of Egypt

Republic of Egypt

Arab Republic of Egypt

Iran

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty

Achaemenid Empire

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The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt

Macedonian Empire

Seleucid Empire

Kingdoms of the Diadochi after the Battle of Ipsus, c. 301 BCE.
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Kingdom of Ptolemy I Soter
Kingdom of Cassander
Kingdom of Lysimachus
Kingdom of Seleucus I Nicator
Epirus
Other
Carthage
Roman Republic
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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

Parthian Empire

Sasanian Empire

Rashidun Caliphate

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The Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654.

Umayyad Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

Qajar dynasty

Pahlavi dynasty

Islamic Republic of Iran

Iraq

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer

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Lugal-Zage-Si's domains (red), c. 2350 BC

Akkadian Empire

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Map of the Akkadian Empire (brown) and the directions in which military campaigns were conducted (yellow arrows)

Gutian period of Sumer

Fifth Dynasty of Uruk

Neo-Sumerian Empire

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Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere

Dynasty of Isin

Paleo-Babylonian Empire

Kassite period of Babylonia

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The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty

Meso-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Assyrian Empire

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Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.

Neo-Babylonian Empire

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The Neo-Babylonian Empire

Achaemenid Province of Athura

Macedonian Empire

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Wars of Alexander the Great

Seleucid Empire

Parthian Empire

Roman Province of Mesopotamia

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

Sasanian Province of Asorestan

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Julian's unsuccessful campaign in 363 resulted in the loss of the Roman territorial gains under the peace treaty of 299.
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Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's conquest of Iraq in 633

Rashidun Caliphate

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Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate

Umayyad Caliphate

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The Caliphate at the beginning of the Abbasid revolt, before the Battle of the Zab.

Abbasid Caliphate

Mongol Empire

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Expansion of the Mongol Empire

Ottoman Iraq

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July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

Kingdom of Iraq

First Iraqi Republic

Ba'athist Iraq

Coalition Provisional Authority

Republic of Iraq

Israel

Canaan

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The Egyptian Empire at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE

Confederated Tribes of Israel

United Kingdom of Israel and Judah

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Different interpretations of what the Bible says about the extent of King David's empire

Kingdom of Judah

Babylonian Province of Yehud

Persian Province of Yehud Medinata

Seleucid Empire

Hasmonean Kingdom

Herodian Kingdom of Israel

Roman Tetrarchy of Judea

Roman Province of Judea

Roman Province of Syria Palaestina

Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima

Rashidun Province of Jund Filastin

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Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's invasion of Northern Syria.

Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin

Kingdom of Jerusalem

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The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states in the context of the Near East in 1135
The 1260 Mongol offensives in the Levant. The early successful attacks on Aleppo and Damascus led to smaller attacks on secondary targets such as Baalbek, al-Subayba, and Ajlun as well as raids against other Palestine towns, perhaps including Jerusalem. Smaller raiding parties reached as far south as Gaza. Mongol raids in Syria and Palestine 1260.svg
The 1260 Mongol offensives in the Levant. The early successful attacks on Aleppo and Damascus led to smaller attacks on secondary targets such as Baalbek, al-Subayba, and Ajlun as well as raids against other Palestine towns, perhaps including Jerusalem. Smaller raiding parties reached as far south as Gaza.

Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus

Ottoman Vilayet of Syria

Mandatory Palestine

State of Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

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Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun

Muslim conquests

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Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.

Rashidun Caliphate

Umayyad Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

First Saudi state

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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

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Syria

Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia

Akkadian Empire

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Sargon of Akkad's conquests.

Hittite Empire

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The Assyrians, the Mitanni, the Egyptians, and the Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Seleucid Empire

French Mandate of Syria

Syrian Arab Republic

Turkey

Hittite Empire

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The Hittite Empire, c. 1400 BCE (shown in Blue).

Kingdom of Diaokhi

Lydian Empire

Achaemenid Empire

Macedonian Empire

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The Siege of Miletus and the Battle of Issus are shown on this map of the Achaemenid Empire around the time of Darius the Great and Xerxes.

Seleucid Empire

Roman Republic

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Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

Kingdom of Pontus

Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire

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

Seljuq Empire

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

Sultanate of Rum

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Expansion of the Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240

Latin Empire

Ottoman Empire

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

Republic of Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Central Asia

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Dayuan

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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.

Tajik SSR

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Sogdia

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Sogdia, c. 300 BC.

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Yuezhi Kingdom

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

Indo-Greek Kingdom

Kushan Empire

Rouran Khaganate

Göktürk Khaganate

Khwarazmian dynasty

Mongol Empire

Timurid dynasty

Zunghar Khanate

Russian Empire

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Russian Empire

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Republic of Uzbekistan

East Asia

China

Longshan culture

Xia dynasty

Shang dynasty

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Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang found primarily in the Yellow River Valley

Zhou dynasty

Qin dynasty

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Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.

Han dynasty

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The Han Empire in 87 BCE (core provinces in brown), with commanderies (red dots) and protectorates (green dots) shown

Wei dynasty

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The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.

Jìn dynasty

Liu Song dynasty

Sui dynasty

Tang dynasty

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Emperor Taizong's campaign against the oasis states (640–648)
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China under the Tang dynasty c. 700 AD

Song dynasty

Liao dynasty

Jin dynasty

Yuan dynasty

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Yuan dynasty in 1294

Ming dynasty

Qing dynasty

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The Qing Empire in 1890

Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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

Japan

Korea

Mongolia

Xiongnu

Rouran Khaganate

Turkic Khaganate

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Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE

Uyghur Khaganate

Mongol Empire

Golden Horde

Taiwan

South Asia

Bangladesh

East Pakistan

People's Republic of Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Bharathvarsha

Bharat

Kingdom of Magadha

Maurya Empire

Indo-Scythian Kingdom

Gupta Empire

Empire of Harsha

Delhi Sultanate

Vijaynagara Empire

1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts

Mughal Empire

Maratha Empire

Sikh Empire

Company rule in India

British Raj

Dominion of India

Republic of India

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

900 AD
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Light green: Haripunjaya
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900 AD
Red: Khmer Empire
Light green: Haripunjaya
Yellow: Champa

East Timor

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar (Burma)

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam

Asia-Pacific

Chronological list of wars

20th century

21st century

See also

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