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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.

Middle East

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  • 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
  • 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.
The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt
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
The Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654.
Lugal-Zage-Si's domains (red), c. 2350 BC
Map of the Akkadian Empire (brown) and the directions in which military campaigns were conducted (yellow arrows)
Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere
The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty
Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Wars of Alexander the Great
Expansion of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire
Julian's unsuccessful campaign in 363 resulted in the loss of the Roman territorial gains under the peace treaty of 299.
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's conquest of Iraq in 633
Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate
The Caliphate at the beginning of the Abbasid revolt, before the Battle of the Zab.
Expansion of the Mongol Empire
July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I
The Egyptian Empire at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE
Different interpretations of what the Bible says about the extent of King David's empire

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's invasion of Northern Syria
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's invasion of Northern Syria.
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.
Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun
Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.
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
  • 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
Sargon of Akkad's conquests.
The Assyrians, the Mitanni, the Egyptians, and the Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE
The Hittite Empire, c. 1400 BCE (shown in Blue).
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.
Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
Territorial development of the Roman Empire between the years CE 300 and 1453 (Animated map).
Seljuk Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of Malik Shah I
Expansion of the Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240
Greatest extent (red) with vassal states (light red) of the Ottoman Empire in 1590s.

Central Asia

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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.
Sogdia, c. 300 BC.
The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 BC to AD 30.

East Asia

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Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang found primarily in the Yellow River Valley
Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.
The Han Empire in 87 BCE (core provinces in brown), with commanderies (red dots) and protectorates (green dots) shown
The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.
Emperor Taizong's campaign against the oasis states (640–648)
China under the Tang dynasty c. 700 AD
Yuan dynasty in 1294
The Qing Empire in 1890
Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE

South Asia

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1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts

Southeast Asia

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

Asia-Pacific

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Chronological list of wars

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20th century

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21st century

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See also

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