List of 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, see List of conflicts in the Middle East.

West Asia

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

Akkadian Empire

• 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

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

• c. 1879–1861 BCE (Short chronology) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash
• c. 1861–1815 BCE (Short chronology) Shulgi of Ur destroyed Der, launched a campaign against Anshan, and engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi, and others
• c. 1830–1817 BCE (Short chronology) The Amorite chieftain Sumu-abum won independence from the city-state Kazallu
• c. 1815–1809 BCE (Short chronology) Amar-Sin of Ur launched campaigns conducted against Urbilum, and several other regions with obscure names: Shashrum, Shurudhum, Bitum-Rabium, Jabru, and Huhnuri
• c. 1813–1791 BCE Shamshi-Adad I conquered Assur, Mari, Ekallatum, and Shekhna, establishing an empire encompassing the whole of northern Mesopotamia and included territory in central Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and northern Syria
• c. 1800–1776 BCE (Short chronology) During the reign of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, the Sumerian empire was attacked repeatedly by Amorites and as faith in Ibbi-Sin's leadership failed, Elam declared its independence and began to raid as well
  • c. 1776 BCE (Short chronology) Elamite Sack of Ur

Dynasty of Isin

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

Paleo-Babylonian Empire

• c. 1752–1730 BCE (Short chronology) Damiq-ilishu of Isin, the last king on the Sumerian King List, is defeated by Sin-Muballit of Babylon
• c. 1728–1686 BCE (Short chronology) Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms
• c. 1720 BCE Puzur-Sin, an Assyrian vice regent drove out Asinum the Amorite vassal king of the Babylonians from Assyria, allowing the native Ashur-dugul to seize the throne and subsequently triggering a civil war which ended Babylonian and Amorite influence in Assyria by 1720 BCE

Kassite period of Babylonia

• c. 1531 BCE (Short chronology) Fall of Babylon
• c. 1507 BCE (Short chronology) Kassite attacks on Babylon

• 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

• • 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

• • 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

• • 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

• 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

Sasanian Province of Asorestan

• 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

Rashidun Caliphate

• 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

Umayyad Caliphate

• 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

Abbasid Caliphate

• 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

Mongol Empire

• 1258 Siege of Baghdad

• 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

• • • • 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

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

• May–October 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British

Kingdom of Iraq

• 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

Ba'athist Iraq

• 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

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

• • Akkadian conquest of Ebla

Hittite Empire

• 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

Syrian Arab Republic

• March 15, 2011 – ongoing Syrian Civil War
  • April 25 – May 5, 2011 Siege of Daraa
  • May 6, 2011 – ongoing Siege of Homs
  • May 7–14, 2011 Siege of Baniyas

Iran

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer

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

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty

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

Achaemenid Empire

• 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

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

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 BCE 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

• 656–661 First Islamic Civil War

Umayyad Caliphate

• 680–692 Second Islamic Civil War
• 743–750 Third Islamic Civil War

Abbasid Caliphate

• 809–827 Fourth Islamic Civil War

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

• 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

• 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 Province of 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

Roman Province of Syria Palaestina

• 66–136 BCE 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

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

• • 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

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

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
• 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

Turkey

Hittite Empire

• 1650–1600 BCE Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
• 1430–1350 BCE Kaska invasions of Hatti

• 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

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

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 BCE Roman-Parthian Wars
  • June 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae
  • 39 BCE Battle of the Cilician Gates
  • 39 BCE Battle of Amanus Pass

Byzantine Empire

• 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

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

Latin Empire

• 1204–1261 Bulgarian–Latin wars
  • 1235 Siege of Constantinople
• Nicaean–Latin Wars
  • 1260 Siege of Constantinople

Ottoman Empire

• 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

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad in Medina

• 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

Civil wars of the Early Caliphates

• 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

Rashidun Caliphate

• 656–661 First Islamic Civil War

Umayyad Caliphate

• 680–692 Second Islamic Civil War
• 743–750 Third Islamic Civil War

Abbasid Caliphate

• September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt

Armenia

• c. 2492 BCE Battle between Haik and Nimrod
• 714 BCE Urartu–Assyria War

Central Asia

Uzbekistan

Sogdia

• 335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
  • 327 BCE Siege of the Sogdian Rock

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

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

Afghanistan

Ghaznavids

• 962 Ghaznavid Empire

Afghan Empires and the Great Game

• 1709 Hotaki Empire and Durrani Empire
• The Great Game

Russian Empire

• 1916–1934 Basmachi movement

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• 1916–1934 Basmachi movement
• 1979–1988 Soviet war in Afghanistan

Tajikistan

Dayuan

• 104–101 BCE War of the Heavenly Horses

Turkmenistan

• Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars
  • May 23, 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan

East Asia

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

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

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

• 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

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

• • • 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

• 640–657 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
  • 640–648 Tang campaign against the oasis states
  • 644–648 Tang campaigns against Karasahr
  • 648–649 Conquest of Kucha
  • 657 Battle of Irtysh River
• 645 Siege of Ansi fortress
• 645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
• 663 Battle of Baekgang
• 660 Baekje–Tang War
• 670 Battle of Dafei River
• 698 Battle of Tianmenling
• Muslim conquests
  • 7th century – 8th century Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
    • 751 Battle of Talas
• December 16, 755 – February 17, 763 An Lushan Rebellion
  • 756 Battle of Yongqiu
  • 757 Battle of Suiyang
• 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 Compaign
• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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 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

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

Kingdom of Magadha

• 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

Maurya Empire

• 305–303 BCE Seleucid–Mauryan 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

Umayyad Caliphate

• 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

Abbasid Caliphate

• 750–850 Pala Empire conflicts
• 848–1130 Chola Empire 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

Mughal Empire

• 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

Maratha Empire

• • 1674–1818 Maratha Empire
  • 1761 Third Battle of Panipat
  • 1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha 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
• 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

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
• 1988 Maldives coup d'état
• 1989 – ongoing Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• 1999 Kargil War

Pakistan

• 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

Bangladesh

• 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

Bhutan

• 1766–1788 Ten Great Campaigns

Nepal

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

Sri Lanka

• 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

Southeast Asia

Cambodia

Kingdom of Funan

• c. 100 Preah Thaong and Neang Neak conflict

Chenla Kingdom

• Apex and decline of Funan

Khmer Empire

• 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 – 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

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
• 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
• World War II
  • 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign
• 1948–1960 Malayan Emergency
• 1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
• 2013 Lahad Datu Standoff

Singapore

• 1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
• 1819 Honourable East India Company Conquest
• World War II
  • 1942 Battle of Singapore

Philippines

• 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

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 BCE Origin and expansion

Turkic Khaganate

• 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

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

• • July 1580 – 1598 Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir
    • October 23, 1582 Battle of Chuvash Cape
• 1652–1689 Sino-Russian border conflicts

Russian Empire

• 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

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
  • 1941–1942 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

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
• 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

See also

• List of conflicts in North America
• List of conflicts in Central America
• List of conflicts in South America
• List of conflicts in Europe
• List of conflicts in Africa
• List of conflicts in the Near East
• List of conflicts in the Middle East
• List of wars

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