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

==Western Asia==
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===[[Armenia]]===
* c. 2492 BCE Battle between [[Hayk|Haik]] and [[Nimrod]]
* 714 BCE [[Urartu–Assyria War]]
* 1914-1918 [[World War I]]
* 1918 [[Georgian–Armenian War]]
* 1918–1920 [[Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)|Armenian–Azerbaijani 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]]
** 2021-2022 [[2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis]]

=== [[Azerbaijan]] ===

* 1914–1918 [[Caucasus Campaign]] of [[World War I]]
* 1918–1919 [[Mughan clashes]]
* 1918–1920 [[Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)|Armenian–Azerbaijani War]]
* 1920 [[Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan]]
* 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]]
** 2021-2022 [[2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis]]

=== [[Egypt]] ===

==== [[Prehistoric Egypt]] ====
* Between 14340 to 13140 BCE Battle at [[Cemetery 117]]

==== [[Early Dynastic Period (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 of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] ====
* c. 2670 BCE [[Djoser]], the first pharaoh of the [[Third Dynasty of Egypt]] dispatched several military expeditions to the [[Sinai Peninsula]]

==== [[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] ====
* c. 2150 BCE The [[4.2-kiloyear event|4.2 kiloyear]] event triggered famines, social disorder, and fragmentation.
* c. 2140 BCE During the reign of the pharaoh [[Neferkare Neby|Neferkare III]], the [[nomarch]] of Hieraconopolis [[Ankhtifi]], led a coalition of his [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]] and [[Edfu]] against [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]].
* c. 2120 BCE [[Mentuhotep I]] and Sehertawy Intef I
* c. 2075 BCE [[Nebkaure Khety|Akhtoy Nebkaure]] sacked [[Thinis]]

==== [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] ====
* c. 2061 - c. 2010 BCE Campaigns of [[Mentuhotep II]]
* c. 1900 BCE [[Senusret I]] conquest of [[Lower Nubia]]
* c. 1880 BCE [[Amenemhat II]], looted two cities in Asia
* c. 1860-1850 BCE [[Senusret III]], four campaigns to [[Nubia]], one campaign to the Southern [[Levant]]
* c. 1850 BCE [[Amenemhat III]], short Nubian campaign
* c. 1705 BCE - c. 1648 BCE Continuation of 14th dynasty rule in the Nile River Delta region until 1650 BCE when the [[Hyksos]] [[Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt]] conquered the Delta.

==== [[Second Intermediate Period of Egypt|Second Intermediate Period]] ====
* c. 1649 BCE - c. 1600 BCE the [[Hyksos]] progress south conquering [[Middle Egypt]], then controlled by the [[Abydos Dynasty]] or the 16th Dynasty
* c. 1629 BCE - c. 1628 BCE [[Neferhotep III]] in a defensive war against the Hyksos [[Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt]]
* c. 1582 BCE Final Theban offensive of Hyksos who conquer Thebes, ending the 16th Dynasty
* c. 1560 BCE - c. 1540 BCE The [[Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt]] at war with the Hyksos

==== [[New Kingdom of Egypt]] ====
* c. 1550 Pharaoh [[Ahmose I|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 [[Late Bronze Age collapse|Bronze Age collapse]] causes the collapse of the New Kingdom of Egypt and subsequent attacks from Libyans, with associated people of [[Ekwesh]], [[Shekelesh]], [[Lukka lands|Lukka]], [[Sherden|Shardana]], and Tursha. A second attack during the reign of [[Ramesses III]] involved [[Peleset]], [[Tjeker]], Shardana and [[Denyen]].
** c. 1178 BCE Egyptian-Sea People wars
*** c. 1178 BCE [[Battle of the Delta]]
*** c. 1178 BCE [[Battle of Djahy]]

==== [[Third Intermediate Period of Egypt|Third Intermediate Period]] ====
* 925 BCE [[Battle of Bitter Lakes]]
* 752-721 BCE Conquest of Egypt
* 671 BCE Assyrian invasion of Egypt led by [[Esarhaddon]]
* 664 BCE Sack of Thebes led by [[Ashurbanipal]]

==== [[Late Period of ancient Egypt|Late Period]] ====
* 530-522 BCE Campaigns of King [[Cambyses II]] of Persia
** 525 BCE [[Battle of Pelusium]]
* 522-520 BCE Rebellion of [[Petubastis III]]
* 480s BCE Rebellion of [[Psammetichus IV|Psamtik IV]]
* 460-454 BCE Rebellion of [[Inaros II]]
** 459 BCE Battle of Papremis
* 411 BCE [[Amyrtaeus]] revolted against [[Darius II]] of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] and regained Egyptian independence
* 385-383 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King [[Hakor]]
* 374-373 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King [[Nectanebo I]]
* 343 BCE Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
* 335-323 BCE [[Wars of Alexander the Great]]
** 333 BCE Pelusium opened its gates to Alexander the Great, who placed a garrison in it under the command of an officer entitled Companion of the King.

==== [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]] ====
* 173 BCE [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes|Antiochus Epiphanes]] defeated the troops of [[Ptolemy VI Philometor|Ptolemy Philometor]]
* 55 BCE [[Mark Antony]] defeated the Egyptian army and made himself master of the city
* 10 January 49 BCE - 17 March 45 BCE [[Caesar's Civil War]]
** 48-47 BCE [[Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)|Siege of Alexandria]]
** 47 BCE [[Battle of the Nile (47 BC)|Battle of the Nile]]
* 32 BCE - August 30 BCE [[War of Actium|Final War of the Roman Republic]]
** 31 July - 1 August 30 BCE [[Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)|Battle of Alexandria]]

==== [[Roman province of Egypt|Roman Province of Egypt]] ====
* 115-117 CE [[Kitos War]]

==== [[Diocese of Egypt|Byzantine Diocese of Egypt]] ====
* 618-621 CE [[Sasanian conquest of Egypt|Sassanid conquest of Egypt]]
** 619 CE [[Siege of Alexandria (619)|Siege of Alexandria]]

==== [[Rashidun Caliphate]] ====
* 639-642 CE [[Muslim conquest of Egypt]]
** 6 July 640 CE [[Battle of Heliopolis]]
** 641 CE [[Siege of Alexandria (641)|Siege of Alexandria]]
** 646 CE [[Battle of Nikiou]]

==== [[Abbasid Caliphate]] ====
* 809-827 CE [[Great Abbasid Civil War]]

==== [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid Dynasty]] ====
* 1171-1172 CE [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubids]] Conquest of North Africa and Nubia
* 1095-1272 CE [[Crusades|The Crusades]]
** 1213-1221 CE [[Fifth Crusade]]
*** 1218-1219 CE [[Siege of Damietta (1218–1219)|Siege of Damietta]]
*** 29 August 1219 CE [[Battle of Fariskur (1219)|Battle of Fariskur]]
** 1248-1254 CE [[Seventh Crusade]]
*** 6 June 1249 CE [[Siege of Damietta (1249)|Siege of Damietta]]
*** 8 February 1250 CE - 11 February 1250 CE [[Battle of Mansurah (1250)|Battle of Al Mansurah]]
*** 6 April 1250 CE [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]]

==== [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt]] ====
* 9–12 October 1365 CE [[Alexandrian Crusade]]

==== [[Egypt Eyalet|Eyalet of Egypt]] ====
* 1538-1557 CE [[Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts]]
* 20 April 1792 - 25 March 1802 CE [[French Revolutionary Wars]]
** May–December 1798 CE [[Mediterranean campaign of 1798|Mediterranean campaign]]
*** 1798-1801 CE [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria]]
**** 13 July 1798 CE [[Battle of Shubra Khit]]
**** 21 July 1798 CE [[Battle of the Pyramids]]
**** 1–3 August 1798 CE [[Battle of the Nile]]
**** 21 October 1798 [[Revolt of Cairo]]
**** 25 July 1799 CE [[Battle of Abukir (1799)|Battle of Abukir]]
**** 19 February 1799 CE [[Siege of El Arish]]
**** 20 March 1800 CE [[Battle of Heliopolis (1800)|Battle of Heliopolis]]
**** 8 March 1801 CE [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir]]
**** 13 March 1801 CE [[Battle of Mandora]]
**** 21 March 1801 CE [[Battle of Alexandria (1801)|Battle of Alexandria]]
**** 17 August - 2 September 1801 CE [[Siege of Alexandria (1801)|Siege of Alexandria]]
* 18 May 1803 CE - 20 November 1815 CE [[Napoleonic Wars]]
** 1807-1809 CE [[Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809)|Anglo-Turkish War]]
*** 1807 CE [[Alexandria expedition of 1807|Alexandria expedition]]

==== [[Khedivate of Egypt]] ====
* 1882 CE [[Anglo-Egyptian War]]
** 11–13 July 1882 CE [[Bombardment of Alexandria]]
** June–July 1882 CE [[Egyptian Expedition (1882)|Egyptian Expedition]]
** 1882 CE Battle of [[Kassassin]]
** 1882 CE [[Battle of Kafr El Dawwar|Battle of Kafr el-Dawwar]]
** 13 September 1882 CE [[Battle of Tell El Kebir|Battle of Tel al-Kebir]]
* 1881-1899 CE [[Mahdist War]]
** 3 August 1889 CE [[Battle of Toski]]

==== [[Sultanate of Egypt]] ====
* 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918 [[World War I]]
** 29 October 1914 - 30 October 1918 [[Middle Eastern theatre of World War I]]
*** 28 January 1915 - 30 October 1918 [[Sinai and Palestine campaign|Sinai and Palestine Campaign]]
**** 26 January - 4 February 1915 [[Raid on the Suez Canal]]
**** 23 April 1916 [[Battle of Katia]]
**** 3–5 August 1916 [[Battle of Romani]]
**** 23 December 1916 [[Battle of Magdhaba]]
**** 9 January 1917 [[Battle of Rafa]]
**** 13–21 February 1917 [[Raid on Nekhl]]

==== [[Kingdom of Egypt]] ====
* 1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945 [[World War II]]
** 10 June 1940 - 2 May 1945 [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II]]
*** 10 June 1940 - 13 May 1943 [[North African campaign|North African Campaign]]
**** 11 June 1940 - 4 February 1943 [[Western Desert campaign|Western Desert Campaign]]
***** 9–16 September 1940 [[Italian invasion of Egypt]]
***** 9 December 1940 - 9 February 1941 [[Operation Compass]]
***** 4 February 1942 [[Abdeen Palace incident of 1942|Abdeen Palace Incident]]
***** 1–27 July 1942 [[First Battle of El Alamein]]
***** 30 August - 5 September 1942 [[Battle of Alam el Halfa|Battle of Alam Halfa]]
***** 11 October - 23 November 1942 [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]
* 15 May 1948 - 10 March 1949 [[Arab-Israeli War of 1948|Arab-Israeli War]]
** December 1948 - January 1949 [[Battles of the Sinai (1948)|Battles of the Sinai]]

==== [[Egypt|Republic of Egypt]] ====
* 23 July 1952 [[Egyptian revolution of 1952|Egyptian Revolution]]
* 2–3 November 1955 [[Operation Volcano (Israeli raid)]]
* 29 October - 7 November 1956 [[Suez Crisis]]
** October 1956 [[Operation Musketeer (1956)|Operation Musketeer]]
** 1956 [[Operation Telescope]]
** 1956 Battle of Suez

==== [[Egypt|Arab Republic of Egypt]] ====
* 5–11 June 1967 [[Six-Day War]]
** 5–6 June 1967 [[Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967)|Battle of Abu-Ageila]]
** 8 June 1967 [[USS Liberty incident]]
* 1 July 1967 - 7 August 1970 [[War of Attrition]]
** 11 July 1967 [[Battle of Rumani Coast]]
** 19 July 1969 [[Operation Bulmus 6]]
** 20 July 1969 - 28 July 1969 [[Operation Boxer]]
** 26–27 December 1969 [[Operation Rooster 53]]
** 7 January - 13 April 1970 [[Operation Priha]]
** 22 January 1970 [[Operation Rhodes]]
** 30 July 1970 [[Operation Rimon 20]]
* 6–25 October 1973 [[Yom Kippur War|Yom Kipppur War]]
** 6–8 October 1973 [[Operation Badr (1973)|Operation Badr]]
** 6 October 1973 [[Battles of Fort Budapest]]
** 6 October 1973 [[Battle of Fort Lahtzanit]]
** 6 October 1973 [[Ofira Air Battle]]
** 6–7 October 1973 Battle of El Qantarah
** 7 October 1973 [[Romani ambush]]
** 7 October 1973 [[Battle of Marsa Talamat]]
** 7 October 1973 [[Operation Tagar]]
** 7–8 October 1973 Battle of the Moses Eyes Fortress
** 8 October 1973 [[Battle of Firdan]]
** 8–9 October 1973 [[Battle of Baltim]]
** 14 October 1973 [[Battle of the Sinai (1973)|Battle of the Sinai]]
** 14 October 1973 [[Air battle of Mansoura|Air Battle of El Mansoura]]
** 15 October 1973 - 17 October 1973 [[Battle of the Chinese Farm]]
** 16 October 1973 [[1973 raid on Egyptian missile bases|Raid on Egyptian missile bases]]
** 17 October 1973 [[Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush]]
** 18 October 1973 [[Battle of Ismailia]]
** 22 October 1973 [[October 22 Scud missile attack|Scud missile attack]]
** 24–25 October 1973 [[Battle of Suez]]
* 21–24 July 1977 [[Egyptian–Libyan War|Libyan-Egyptian War]]
* 25 January 2011 [[2011 Egyptian revolution|2011 Egyptian Revolution and Aftermath]]
* 23 February 2011 - ''ongoing'' [[Sinai insurgency]]
* 22 November 2012 - 3 July 2013 [[2012–2013 Egyptian protests|Egyptian protests]]
* 3 July 2013 [[Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014)|Political violence in Egypt]]
* 16 February 2015 - ''ongoing'' [[February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya|Intervention in Libya]]
* 25 March 2015 - ''ongoing'' [[Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen|Intervention in Yemen]]

===[[Iran]]===
{{main list|List of conflicts in Iran}}

====[[History of Sumer#Early Dynastic period|Early Dynastic Period of Sumer]]====
* c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE [[Gilgamesh]] of [[Uruk]] killed the [[List of rulers of Elam|Elamite ruler]] [[Humbaba]]
* c. 2500 BCE [[Enmebaragesi]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]] subdued [[Elam]]

====[[List of kings of Babylon#Dynasty IV of Babylon, from Isin|Fourth Babylonian Dynasty]]====
* c. 1125–1104 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] of [[Isin]]'s [[Nebuchadnezzar I#War with Elam|War with Elam]]

====[[Achaemenid Empire]]====
* 559–530 BCE [[Cyrus the Great#Rise and military campaigns|Campaigns of Cyrus the Great]]
** 552 BCE [[Persian Revolt]]
[[File:Median Empire.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Median Empire]] about 48 years before the [[Persian Revolt]]]]
** 552 BCE [[Battle of Hyrba]]
** 551 BCE [[Battle of the Persian Border]]
** 550 BCE [[Pasargadae#History|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]]
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Kingdoms of the Diadochi after the Battle of Ipsus, c. 301 BCE.
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====[[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 of 161–166|Roman–Parthian War]]
** 217 CE [[Battle of Nisibis (217)|Battle of Nisibis]]

====[[Sasanian Empire]]====
* April 24, 224 [[Parthian–Sasanian War]]
* 502–628 [[Byzantine–Sasanian wars]]
** 440 [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 440|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]
** 572–591 [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]
*** August 591 [[Battle of Blarathon]]
* 633–644 [[Muslim conquest of Persia]]
** 642 [[Battle of Nahāvand]]

====[[Rashidun Caliphate]]====
[[File:Mohammad adil-Rashidun-empire-at-its-peak-close.PNG|thumb|300px|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 (World War I)|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]]

===[[Iraq]]===

====[[History of Sumer#Early Dynastic period|Early Dynastic Period of Sumer]]====
*{{circa|2800|1750 BCE}} [[Sumer-Elam war]]
**c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE [[Gilgamesh]] of [[Uruk]] killed the [[List of rulers of Elam|Elamite ruler]] [[Humbaba]]
**c. 2500 BCE [[Enmebaragesi]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]] subdued [[Elam]]
* c. 2500 BCE [[Aga of Kish|Aga]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]], the son of [[Enmebaragesi]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]], besieged [[Uruk]]
* c. 2500 BCE [[Enmerkar]] of [[Uruk]]'s year-long siege of [[Aratta]]
* c. 2500 BCE [[Dumuzid, the Fisherman|Dumuzid]] of [[Uruk]] captured [[Enmebaragesi]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]] single-handed
* c. 2500 BCE [[Enshakushanna]] of [[Uruk]] conquered [[Hamazi]], [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], [[Kish (Sumer)|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
*{{circa|2600|2316 BCE}} [[Umma-Lagash war]]
**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. 2295–2271 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Lugal-zage-si]] of [[Umma]] conquered several of the Sumerian city-states – including [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]], where he overthrew [[Ur-Zababa]]; [[Lagash]], where he overthrew [[Urukagina]]; [[Ur]], [[Nippur]], and [[Larsa]]; as well as [[Uruk]]
[[File:Umma2350.PNG|thumb|300px|Lugal-Zage-Si's domains (red), c. 2350 BC]]
* c. 2500 BCE [[Lugal-Anne-Mundu]] of [[Adab (city)|Adab]] subjected the "Four Quarters" of the world – i.e., the entire [[Fertile Crescent]] region, from the Mediterranean to the [[Zagros Mountains]]

====[[History of Sumer#Akkadian Empire|Akkadian Empire]]====
* c. 2270–2215 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Conquests of Sargon of Akkad]]
[[File:Empire akkad.svg|thumb|300px|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 Empire|Akkadian]] conquest of [[Ebla]]
** Magan revolt
* c. 2214–2206 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Rimush]] of [[Akkad (city)|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 (city)|Akkad]] conquered the city of Shirasum in [[Elam]]
* c. 2190–2115 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Naram-Sin of Akkad|Naram-Sin]] of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]] conquered the [[Lullubi]] and [[Majan (civilization)|Majan]]
* c. 2115–2090 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Shar-Kali-Sharri]] of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]] launched successful campaigns against [[Gutium]], [[Amurru kingdom|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 (king)|Nanum]], [[Ilulu]]
* c. 2087–2066 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Dudu of Akkad|Dudu]] of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]] ended the period of relative anarchy
* c. 2066–2051 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]] was conquered during the reign of [[Shu-turul]]

====[[History of Sumer#Gutian period|Gutian period of Sumer]]====
* c. 2002 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Gutian people|Gutian]] attacks on the [[Akkadian Empire]]

====[[History of Sumer#Fifth Dynasty of Uruk|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 people|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 dynasty of Sumer|Gutian]] ruler in [[Sumer]]

====[[History of Sumer#Third Dynasty of Ur|Neo-Sumerian Empire]]====
[[File:Ur III.svg|thumb|300px|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 (Sumer)|Der]], launched a campaign against [[Anshan (Persia)|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, Syria|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]]

====[[Sumerian King List#Dynasty of Isin|Dynasty of Isin]]====
* c. 1766 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Ishbi-Erra]] of [[Isin]] reconquered much of the former heartland of [[Sumer]] and [[Mesopotamia|Akkad]] from [[Elam]] and various invaders

====[[History of Mesopotamia#Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian and Shamshi-Adad I|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 [[Assyria]]n 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 [[Babylonia]]n and [[Amorite]] influence in [[Assyria]] by 1720 BCE

====[[Babylonia#Kassite dynasty, 1595–1155 BC|Kassite period of Babylonia]]====
* c. 1531 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Fall of Babylon#The sack of Babylon and ancient Near East chronology|Fall of Babylon]]
* c. 1507 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Kassites|Kassite]] attacks on [[Babylon]]
[[File:Kassite Babylonia EN.svg|thumb|300px|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 [[Assyria]]n 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]]

====[[List of kings of Babylon#Dynasty IV of Babylon, from Isin|Fourth Babylonian Dynasty]]====
* c. 1125–1104 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] of [[Isin]]'s [[Nebuchadnezzar I#War with Elam|War with Elam]]

====[[Assyrian Empire#Middle Assyrian Empire 1392–1056 BC|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 [[List of Assyrian kings|Assyrian king]] [[Ashur-bel-kala]], son of [[Tiglath-Pileser I]], [[Ashur-bel-kala]] [[Ashur-bel-kala#The Broken Obelisk|campaigned]] in the north against the [[Kingdom of Urartu]]

====[[Neo-Assyrian Empire]]====
* 911–605 BCE [[Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire|Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire]]
** 883–859 BCE [[Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II#Campaigns|Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II]]
** 859–824 BCE [[Campaigns of Shalmaneser III#Reign|Campaigns of Shalmaneser III]]
[[File:Map of Assyria.png|thumb|300px|Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.]]
** 745–727 BCE [[Campaigns of Tiglath Pileser III#Reign|Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III]]
** 722–705 BCE [[Campaigns of Sargon II#Military campaigns|Campaigns of Sargon II]]
*** 710 BCE [[Campaigns of Sargon II#Campaign against Babylonia|Campaign against Babylonia]]
** 705–681 BCE [[Campaigns of Sennacherib]]
*** 703–689 BCE [[Campaigns of Sennacherib#War with Babylon|War with Babylon]]
**** 693 BCE [[Battle of Diyala River]]
**** 693 BCE [[Siege of Babylon]]
** 681–669 BCE [[Campaigns of Esarhaddon#Military campaigns|Campaigns of Esarhaddon]]
** 668–627 BCE [[Campaigns of Ashurbanipal#Military accomplishments|Campaigns of Ashurbanipal]]
** 627–624 BCE [[Ashur-Etil-Ilani#Reign|Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani]]
*** 626 BCE [[Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)|Revolt of Babylon]]
** 616 BCE [[Battle of Arrapha]]
** 627–624 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years|Campaigns of Sinsharishkun]]
*** 626–619 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Last Strike against Babylon|Last Strike against Babylon]]
*** 616–605 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#War in the Assyrian heartlands|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 (612 BC)|Battle of Nineveh]]
** 627–624 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years|Campaigns of Sinsharishkun]]
** 612–609 BCE [[Ashur-uballit II|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]]====
[[File:Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nabonidus map.png|thumb|300px|The [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]]]
** 627–624 BCE [[Ashur-Etil-Ilani#Reign|Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani]]
*** 626 BCE [[Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)|Revolt of Babylon]]
** 616 BCE [[Battle of Arrapha]]
** 627–624 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years|Campaigns of Sinsharishkun]]
*** 626–619 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Last Strike against Babylon|Last Strike against Babylon]]
*** 616–605 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#War in the Assyrian heartlands|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 (612 BC)|Battle of Nineveh]]
** 627–624 BCE [[Sin-Shar-Ishkun#Early years|Campaigns of Sinsharishkun]]
** 612–609 BCE [[Ashur-uballit II|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]]

====[[Athura|Achaemenid Province of Athura]]====
* 559–530 BCE [[Cyrus the Great#Rise and military campaigns|Campaigns of Cyrus the Great]]
** September 25, 539 BCE – September 28, 539 BCE [[Battle of Opis]]
** October 29, 539 BCE [[Battle of Opis#Aftermath|Capture of Babylon]]

====[[Macedonian Empire]]====
* 335–323 BCE [[Wars of Alexander the Great]]
[[File:MacedonEmpire.jpg|thumb|300px|[[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]]

====[[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Roman Province of Mesopotamia]]====
[[File:Roman Empire map-2.gif|thumb|300px|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 (198)|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 of 161–166|Roman–Parthian War]]
*** 216–217 [[Parthian war of Caracalla]]
**** 217 CE [[Battle of Nisibis (217)|Battle of Nisibis]]

====[[Asorestan|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 (264)|Battle of Ctesiphon]]
** 344 [[Battle of Satala (298)|Battle of Satala]]
** 359 [[Siege of Singara]]
** 359 [[Siege of Amida (359)|Siege of Amida]]
** April 27–29, 363 [[Siege of Pirisabora]]
** May 29, 363 [[Battle of Ctesiphon (363)|Battle of Ctesiphon]]
** June 363 [[Battle of Samarra]]
[[File:Julian's campaign-en.svg|thumb|300px|[[Julian (emperor)|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 of 572–591|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]
** c. 602 – c. 628 [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]
* 633–644 [[Muslim conquest of Persia]]
[[File:Mohammad adil-Khalid's conquest of Iraq.PNG|thumb|300px|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 (637)|Siege of Ctesiphon]]
** April 637 [[Battle of Jalula]]

====[[Rashidun Caliphate]]====
* 633–644 [[Muslim conquest of Persia]]
[[File:Mohammad adil-Rashidun empire-slide.gif|thumb|300px|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 (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]]
[[File:Revolt.png|thumb|300px|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 (762–63)|Alid Revolt]]
* 809–827 [[Fourth Fitna]]
** 812–813 [[Siege of Baghdad (812–813)|Siege of Baghdad]]
* 861–870 [[Anarchy at Samarra]]
* 946 [[Battle of Baghdad (946)|Battle of Baghdad]]
* 1157 [[Siege of Baghdad (1157)|Siege of Baghdad]]

====[[Mongol Empire]]====
* 1258 [[Siege of Baghdad (1258)|Siege of Baghdad]]
[[File:Mongol Empire map.gif|thumb|300px|Expansion of the [[Mongol Empire]]]]
* 1370–1405 [[Assyrian people]] are massacred at [[Assur]] by [[Timur]]

====[[Ottoman Iraq]]====
* 1532–1555 [[Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–55)|Ottoman–Safavid War]]
** 1534 [[Capture of Baghdad (1534)|Capture of Baghdad]]
* 1623–1639 [[Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39)|Ottoman–Safavid War]]
** 1623 [[Capture of Baghdad (1623)|Capture of Baghdad]]
** 1638 [[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 (1914)|Battle of Basra]]
**** December 3–9, 1914 [[Battle of Qurna]]
**** April 12–14, 1915 [[Battle of Shaiba]]
[[File:Meso-WW1-2.jpg|thumb|300px|July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I]]
**** September 28, 1915 [[Battle of Es Sinn]]
**** November 22–25, 1915 [[Battle of Ctesiphon (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 (1916)|Battle of Wadi]]
**** January 21, 1916 [[Battle of Hanna]]
**** March 8, 1916 [[Battle of Dujaila]]
**** March 8–11, 1917 [[Fall of Baghdad (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 (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 of 1983|Kurdish Rebellion]]
** May 1994 – November 24, 1997 [[Iraqi Kurdish Civil War]]
* September 22, 1980 – August 20, 1988 [[Iran–Iraq War]]
** 1980 [[Gulf War|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 [[Gulf War|Stalemate]]
*** April 4, 1981 [[Attack on H3]]
** 1982 [[Gulf War|Iranian offensive]]
*** Early July 1982 [[Operation Ramadan]]
** 1983–85 [[Gulf War|Strategic stalemate]]
*** February 6–26, 1983 [[Operation Before the Dawn]]
*** April 10, 1983 [[Operation Dawn (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|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 (1985)|Operation Badr]]
** 1986–87 [[Gulf War|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 [[Gulf War|Final stages]]
*** Mid-March 1988 [[Operation Zafar 7]]
*** April 17, 1988 [[Second Battle of al-Faw]]
** 1981 [[Arab–Israeli conflict|International incidents]]
*** June 7, 1981 [[Operation Opera]]
* August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 [[Gulf War|Second Persian Gulf War]]
** 1991 [[Operation Desert Storm#Coalition forces enter Iraq|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]][[File:DesertStormMap v2.svg|thumb|300px|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 [[1991 Iraqi uprisings|Uprisings in Iraq]]
** March 1 – mid-April 1991 [[1991 uprising in Basra|Uprising in Basra]]
** March 5–19, 1991 [[1991 uprising in Karbala|Uprising in Karbala]]
** March 5 – April 3, 1991 [[1991 uprising in Sulaymaniyah|Uprising in Sulaymaniyah]]
** March 11–29, 1991 [[1991 uprising in Kirkuk|Uprising in Kirkuk]]
** March 10–24, 1991 [[1991 uprising in Tuz Khormato|Uprising in Tuz Khormato]]
* 1991–2002 [[Air engagements of the Gulf War#Post Gulf War|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-25]]s crossed the no-fly zones and sparked a dogfight with two patrolling [[F-15C]]s and two patrolling [[F-14]]s. A total of six missiles were fired at the [[MiGs]], none of which hit them. The [[MiG]]s 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-14]]s. 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 [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]], an Iraqi [[MiG-25]] destroyed an American [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicle|UAV]] [[RQ-1 Predator]] after the [[unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] opened fire on the Iraqi aircraft with a [[FIM-92 Stinger|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]]
[[File:Iraq-War-Map.png|thumb|300px|Map of the invasion routes and major operations/battles of the Iraq War as of 2007.]]
** March 19 – May 1, 2003 [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]
*** March 21–25, 2003 [[Battle of Umm Qasr]]
*** March 20–24, 2003 [[Battle of Al Faw (2003)|Battle of Al Faw]]
*** March 21 – April 6, 2003 [[Battle of Basra (2003)|Battle of Basra]]
*** March 23–29, 2003 [[Battle of Nasiriyah]]
*** March 24, 2003 [[2003 attack on Karbala|Attack on Karbala]]
*** March 24 – April 4, 2003 [[Battle of Najaf (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 (2003)|Battle of Samawah]]
*** March 31 – April 6, 2003 [[Battle of Karbala (2003)|Battle of Karbala]]
*** April 2–4, 2003 [[Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003)|Battle of the Karbala Gap]]
*** April 3–12, 2003 [[Battle of Baghdad (2003)|Battle of Baghdad]]
*** April 6, 2003 [[Battle of Debecka Pass]]

====[[Coalition Provisional Authority]]====
* 2003–2004 [[Third Persian Gulf War#Post-invasion phase|Post-invasion insurgency]]
** March 20, 2003 – December 7, 2011 [[Iraq War in Anbar Province]]
** October 26 – November 24, 2003 [[Ramadan Offensive (2003)|Ramadan Offensive]]
** December 13, 2003 [[Operation Red Dawn]]
** April 4 – June 24, 2004 [[Iraq spring fighting of 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 (2004)|Battle of Ramadi]]
** April 17, 2004 [[Battle of Husaybah (2004)|Battle of Husaybah]]
** August 5–27, 2004 [[Battle of Najaf (2004)|Battle of Najaf]]
** August 5–28, 2004 [[CIMIC-House]]
** October 1–3, 2004 [[Battle of Samarra (2004)|Battle of Samarra]]
** November 7 – December 23, 2004 [[Second Battle of Fallujah]]
** November 8–16, 2004 [[Battle of Mosul (2004)|Battle of Mosul]]

====[[History of Iraq (2003–11)|Republic of Iraq]]====
* 2005–06 [[Third Persian Gulf War#Post-invasion phase|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 (2005)|Battle of Tal Afar]]
** June 17 – November 15, 2006 [[Battle of Ramadi (2006)|Battle of Ramadi]]
** August 28, 2006 [[Battle of Diwaniya]]
* February 2006 – May 2008 [[Civil war in Iraq (2006-07)|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 (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 (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 of 2008|Iraq spring fighting]]
** March 25–31, 2008 [[Battle of Basra (2008)|Battle of Basra]]
** April 15 – May 19, [[2008 Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq]]

===[[Israel]]===

====[[Canaan]]====
* c. 2061–2010 BCE [[Mentuhotep II#Military activities outside of Egypt|Military activities in Canaan]] of the Pharaoh [[Mentuhotep II]]
* c. 2000 BCE [[Battle of Siddim]]
* c. April 16, 1457 BCE [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|Battle of Megiddo]]
[[File:Egypt 1450 BC.svg|thumb|300px|The [[Egyptian Empire]] at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE]]
* c. 1290–1279 BCE [[Seti I#Military campaigns|Seti's military campaigns in Canaan]]
* c. 1279–1213 BCE [[Ramesses II#Campaigns and battles|Campaigns and Battles of Ramesses II]]
** [[Ramesses II#First Syrian campaign|First Syrian Campaign]]
** [[Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign|Second Syrian Campaign]]
** [[Ramesses II#Third Syrian campaign|Third Syrian Campaign]]

====[[Confederated Tribes of Israel]]====
* c. 1200 BCE the biblical [[Battle of Gibeah]]

====[[United Kingdom of Israel and Judah]]====
[[File:Davids-kingdom with captions specifiying vassal kingdoms-derivative-work.jpg|thumb|300px|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 [[United Kingdom of Israel and Judah#Civil war|civil war]]
* c. 931–913 BCE [[Rehoboam]], according to the Bible king of the [[Kingdom of Judah]], fought the [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]] in a [[Rehoboam#Civil war|civil war]]

====[[Kingdom of Judah]]====
* 925 BCE [[Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC)|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 [[Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire|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 (597 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]
** 587 BCE [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]

====[[Yehud (Babylonian province)|Babylonian Province of Yehud]]====
* 601–587 BCE [[Jewish–Babylonian war]]
** 597 BCE [[Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]
** 587 BCE [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]

====[[Yehud Medinata|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 (312 BC)|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 (63 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Pompey the Great]], intervening in the Hasmonean civil war on behalf of the [[Roman Republic]].

====[[Herodian Kingdom|Herodian Kingdom of Israel]]====
* 37 BCE [[Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Herod the Great]], ending [[Hasmonean]] rule over Judea.

====[[Tetrarchy (Judea)|Roman Tetrarchy of Judea]]====

====[[Judea (Roman province)|Roman Province of Judea]]====
* 66–136 [[Jewish–Roman wars]]
** 66–73 [[First Jewish–Roman War]]
*** 70 [[Siege of Jerusalem (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]]

====[[Syria Palaestina|Roman Province of Syria Palaestina]]====
* 66–136 [[Jewish–Roman wars]]
** 132–136 [[Third Jewish–Roman War]]

====[[Palaestina Prima|Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima]]====
* c. 602–628 [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]
** 614–628 [[Jewish revolt against Heraclius]]
*** 614 [[Siege of Jerusalem (614)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Shahrbaraz]] (Sasanian general) capturing the city from the Byzantines, part of the Roman-Persian Wars
* [[Early Muslim conquests|Muslim conquests]]
** 629 – c. 1050 [[Arab–Byzantine wars]]
*** 634–638 [[Muslim conquest of the Levant]]
**** 637 [[Siege of Jerusalem (637)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]] (Rashidun general) under [[Umar|Umar the Great]], capturing the city from the [[Byzantine Empire]]

====[[Jund Filastin|Rashidun Province of Jund Filastin]]====
* 637 [[Siege of Jerusalem (637)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]] (Rashidun general) under [[Umar|Umar the Great]], capturing the city from the [[Byzantine Empire]]
[[File:Mohammad adil-Muslim invasion of Syria-4.PNG|thumb|250px|alt=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.]]

====[[Jund Filastin|Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin]]====
* 1099–1291 The [[Crusades]]
** 1099 [[First Crusade]]
*** 1099 [[Siege of Jerusalem (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 (1099)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
*** 1099 [[Battle of Ascalon]]
** Inter-Crusade Period
*** September 7, 1101 [[Battle of Ramla (1101)|First Battle of Ramla]]
*** May 17, 1102 [[Battle of Ramla (1102)|Second Battle of Ramla]]
*** August 27, 1105 [[Battle of Ramla (1105)|Third Battle of Ramla]]
*** 1113 [[Battle of Al-Sannabra]]
*** 1123 [[Battle of Yibneh]]
[[File:Map Crusader states 1135-en.svg|thumb|300px|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 (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 (1183)|Battle of Al-Fule]]
*** May 1, 1187 [[Battle of Cresson]]
*** July 4, 1187 [[Battle of Hattin]]
*** 1187 [[Siege of Jerusalem (1187)|Siege of Jerusalem]]
** 1189–92 [[Third Crusade]]
*** 1189–91 [[Siege of Acre (1189–1191)|Siege of Acre]]
*** September 7, 1191 [[Battle of Arsuf]]
*** August 8, 1192 [[Battle of Jaffa (1192)|Battle of Jaffa]]
** 1197 [[Crusade of 1197|German Crusade]]
** 1212 [[Children's Crusade]]
** 1217–21 [[Fifth Crusade]]
*** 1218–19 [[Siege of Damietta (1218–1219)|Damietta]]
** 1228–29 [[Sixth Crusade]]
** Aftermath of the [[Sixth Crusade]]
*** 1244 [[Siege of Jerusalem (1244)|Siege of Jerusalem]]
*** October 17–18, 1244 [[Battle of La Forbie]]
** 1251 [[Shepherds' Crusade (1251)|Shepherds' Crusade]]
** Late Crusades Period
*** 1265 [[Fall of Caesarea]]
*** 1265 [[Fall of Haifa (1265)|Fall of Haifa]]
*** 1265 [[Fall of Arsuf]]
*** April 4 – May 18, 1291 [[Siege of Acre (1291)|Siege of Acre]]
** 1271–72 [[Ninth Crusade]]
** April 4 – May 18, 1291 [[Siege of Acre (1291)|Siege of Acre]]
* 1260–1300 [[Mongol raids into Palestine]]
** September 3, 1260 [[Battle of Ain Jalut]]
[[File:Mongol raids in Syria and Palestine 1260.svg|thumb|300px|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 (region)|Palestine]] towns, perhaps including [[Jerusalem]]. Smaller raiding parties reached as far south as [[Gaza City|Gaza]].]]

====[[Damascus Eyalet|Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus]]====
* 1516–17 [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (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]]

====[[Syria Vilayet|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 (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 (1917)|Battle of Jaffa]]

====[[State of Israel]]====
* 1948–49 [[1948 Palestine war]]
** 1948 [[Siege of Jerusalem (1948)|Siege of Jerusalem]]
* 1951–55 [[Retribution operations]]
* 1956 [[Suez War]]
* 1967 [[Six-Day War]]
** 1967 [[Six-Day War#West Bank|Encirclement of Jerusalem]]
* 1967–70 [[War of Attrition]]
* 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]]
* 1978 [[1978 South Lebanon conflict|South Lebanon conflict]]
* 1982 [[1982 Lebanon War|First Lebanon War]]
* 1982–2000 [[South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000)|South Lebanon conflict]]
* 1987–93 [[First Intifada]]
* 2000–04 [[Second Intifada]]
* 2006 [[Second Lebanon War]]
* 2008–09 [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]]
* 2012 [[Operation Pillar of Defense]]
* [[2014 Gaza War]]

===[[Lebanon]]===
* 1279–1213 BCE [[Ramesses II#Campaigns and battles|Campaigns and battles of Ramesses II]]
** [[Ramesses II#First Syrian campaign|First Syrian campaign]]
** [[Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign|Second Syrian campaign]]
** [[Ramesses II#Third 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 [[1982 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]
** 1983-1984 [[Mountain War (Lebanon)|Mountain War]]
** 1985-1988 [[War of the Camps]]
* 1948-''ongoing'' [[Israeli–Lebanese conflict]]
** 1985-2000 [[South Lebanon 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]]

===[[Saudi Arabia]]===
[[File:Muslim Conquest.PNG|thumb|300px|Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun]]

====[[Early Muslim conquests|Muslim conquests]]====
* [[List of expeditions of Muhammad]]
* [[Ridda wars]]
[[File:Mohammad adil-Riddah wars.PNG|thumb|300px|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 (762–763)|Alid Revolt]]

====[[First Saudi state]]====
[[File:Ibrahin-pasha-english.jpg|thumb|300px|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 [[Wahhabi sack of Karbala|Invasion of Karbala]]
* 1811 Battle of Khakeekera
* Early 1811 – 1818 [[Ottoman–Wahhabi War|Ottoman–Saudi War]]

====[[Emirate of Nejd|Second Saudi state]]====
* 1821 – 1824 Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet
* 1865 – 1875 [[Abdul Rahman bin Faisal#Royal Civil War|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 (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]
* 2017–2020 Qatif unrest

===[[Syria]]===

====[[History of Mesopotamia#Chalcolithic period|Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia]]====
* c. 3500 BCE [[Hamoukar#Archaeology|Battle at Hamoukar]]

====[[Akkadian Empire]]====
* c. 2270–2215 BCE ([[Short chronology]]) [[Conquests of Sargon of Akkad]]
[[File:Orientmitja2300aC.png|thumb|300px|[[Sargon of Akkad]]'s conquests.]]
** [[Ebla#First destruction of Ebla|Akkadian conquest of Ebla]]

====[[Hittite Empire]]====
[[File:14 century BC Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.png|thumb|300px|The [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], the [[Mitanni]], the [[Egyptians]], and the [[Hittite Empire]] in the 14th century BCE]]
* c. 1282 BCE [[Seti I#Capture of Kadesh|Capture of Kadesh]]
* [[Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign|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 – ''March 27, 2017'' [[Siege of Homs]]
** May 7–14, 2011 [[Siege of Baniyas]]

===[[Turkey]]===

====[[Hittite Empire]]====
* 1650–1600 BCE Conquests of [[Hattusili I]] and [[Mursili I]]
* 1430–1350 BCE [[Kaskians|Kaska]] invasions of [[Hittite Empire|Hatti]]
[[File:AlterOrient2.png|thumb|300px|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 [[Eclipse of Thales|Battle of Halys]]

====[[Achaemenid Empire]]====
* 547 BCE [[Siege of Sardis (547 BC)|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]]
[[File:Map achaemenid empire en.png|thumb|300px|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 (218)|Battle of Antioch]]
** 260 [[Battle of Edessa]]
** 344 [[Siege of Singara]]
** 359 [[Siege of Amida (359)|Siege of Amida]]
[[File:Roman Republic Empire map.gif|thumb|300px|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]]====
[[File:Byzantine Empire map.gif|thumb|300px|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 (421–422)|Roman–Sasanian War]]
** 502–506 [[Anastasian War]]
** 526–532 [[Iberian War]]
** 572–591 [[Roman–Persian War of 572–591|Roman–Persian War]]
** 602–628 [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]
*** 610 Antioch riots
*** 613 [[Battle of Antioch (613)|Battle of Antioch]]
*** 610–628 [[Jewish revolt against Heraclius]]
*** 615 [[Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor (615)|Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor]]
*** 622 [[Heraclius' campaign of 622|Heraclius' campaign]]
*** 602–628 [[Byzantine assault on Persia]]
*** 626 [[Siege of Constantinople (626)|Siege of Constantinople]]
*** 627–629 [[Third Perso-Turkic War]]
* 629–1050s [[Arab–Byzantine wars]]
** 674–678 [[Siege of Constantinople (674–78)|Siege of Constantinople]]
** 717–718 [[Siege of Constantinople (717–18)|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 (953)|Battle of Marash]]
*** 962 Siege of Aleppo

====[[Seljuq Empire]]====
* 1048–1308 [[Byzantine–Seljuq wars]]
** August 26, 1071 [[Battle of Manzikert]]
[[File:Seljuk Empire locator map.svg|thumb|300px|[[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 (1097)|Battle of Dorylaeum]]
* 1145–1149 [[Second Crusade]]
** October 25, 1147 [[Battle of Dorylaeum (1147)|Battle of Dorylaeum]]
* 1048–1308 [[Byzantine–Seljuq wars]]
** September 17, 1176 [[Battle of Myriokephalon]]
** 1207 [[Siege of Antalya]]
** 1203 [[Siege of Constantinople (1203)|Siege of Constantinople]]
** 1204 [[Siege of Constantinople (1204)|Siege of Constantinople]]
[[File:Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate.JPG|thumb|300px|Expansion of the [[Sultanate of Rum]] in c. 1100–1240]]

====[[Latin Empire]]====
* 1204–1261 [[Bulgarian–Latin wars]]
** 1235 [[Siege of Constantinople (1235)|Siege of Constantinople]]
* Nicaean–Latin Wars
** 1260 [[Siege of Constantinople (1260)|Siege of Constantinople]]

====[[Ottoman Empire]]====
[[File:Ottoman Empire 16-17th century.jpg|thumb|300px|Greatest extent (red) with [[Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire|vassal states]] (light red) of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1590s.]]
* 1265–1479 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars]]
** 1265–1328 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Rise of the Ottomans: 1265–1328|Rise of the Ottomans]]
** 1328–1341 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Byzantium counter: 1328–1341|Byzantium counter]]
*** 1331 [[Siege of Nicaea (1331)|Siege of Nicaea]]
*** 1333–1337 [[Siege of Nicomedia]]
** 1341–1371 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Balkan invasion and civil war: 1341–1371|Balkan invasion and civil war]]
** 1371–1394 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Byzantine civil war and vassalage: 1371–1394|Byzantine civil war and vassalage]]
** 1394–1424 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Resumption of hostilities: 1394–1424|Resumption of hostilities]]
*** 1422 [[Siege of Constantinople (1422)|Siege of Constantinople]]
** 1424–1453 [[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Ottoman victory 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 revolts|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 [[Battle of Adrianople (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 (World War I)|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 (1919-1922)|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]]

==Central Asia==

===[[Afghanistan]]===

====Ghaznavids====
* 962 [[Ghaznavids|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]]

===[[Kazakhstan]]===
*1068 [[Battle of the Alta River]]
*1382 [[Siege of Moscow (1382)]]
*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 (1990)|Osh riots]]
*1999 [[Batken Conflict]]
*2005 [[Tulip Revolution]]
*2010 [[Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010]]
**2010 [[2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots]]

===[[Tajikistan]]===

====[[Dayuan]]====
* 104–101 BCE [[War of the Heavenly Horses]]
[[File:Ta-YuanMap.jpg|thumb|300px|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]]

===[[Turkmenistan]]===
* Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars
** 1040 [[Battle of Dandanaqan]]
* 1916-1934 [[Basmachi Movement]]

===[[Uzbekistan]]===

====[[Sogdia]]====
* 335–323 BCE [[Wars of Alexander the Great]]
** 327 BCE [[Siege of the Sogdian Rock]]
[[File:Sogdiana-300BCE.png|thumb|300px|Sogdia, c. 300 BC.]]

====[[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]====
* 250 BCE [[Greco-Bactria#Independence and Diodotid dynasty|Independence]]
* 230 BCE [[Greco-Bactria#Euthydemid dynasty and Seleucid invasion|Overthrow of Diodotus II]]
* 210 BCE [[Greco-Bactria#Euthydemid dynasty and Seleucid invasion|Seleucid invasion]]
* 180 BCE [[Greco-Bactria#Expansion into the Indian subcontinent (after 180 BC)|Expansion into India]]
* 141 BCE [[Greco-Bactria#Defeats by Parthia|Defeats against Parthia]]

====[[Yuezhi|Yuezhi Kingdom]]====
* 162 BCE [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom#Yuezhi expansion (c. 162 BC-)|Yuezhi expansion]]
[[File:Yuezhi_migrations.jpg|thumb|300px|The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 BC to AD 30.]]

====[[Indo-Greek Kingdom]]====
* 36 BCE [[Sogdiana#Battle of Sogdiana|Battle of Sogdiana]]

====[[Kushan Empire]]====
* 1st and 2nd Centuries CE [[Kushan expansion]]

====[[Rouran Khaganate]]====
* [[Rouran Khaganate#Origin|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 (1370)|Siege of Balkh]]

====[[Zunghar Khanate]]====
* [[Zunghar Khanate#Conquest of the Tarim Basin and war with the Central Asians|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]]

====[[Russian Empire]]====
* 1916–1934 [[Basmachi movement]]

====[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]====
* 1916–1934 [[Basmachi movement]]
* 1979–1988 [[Soviet–Afghan War]]

==East Asia==

===[[China]]===

====[[Longshan culture]]====
* 2852–2070 BCE [[Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors|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]]
[[File:China 1.jpg|thumb|300px|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]]
[[File:Qin empire 210 BCE.png|thumb|300px|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]]
[[File:Han map.jpg|thumb|300px|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]]
* 109-108 BCE [[Han-Gojoseon 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 (190)|Battle of Xingyang]]
** 191 [[Battle of Yangcheng]]
** 191 [[Battle of Jieqiao]]
** 191 [[Battle of Xiangyang (191)|Battle of Xiangyang]]
** 193 [[Battle of Fengqiu]]
** 194 [[Battle of Yan Province]]
** 194 [[Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong]]
** 197 [[War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu#Battle of Wancheng|Battle of Wancheng]]
** 198 [[War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu#Battle of Rangcheng|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 (208)|Battle of Jiangling]]
** 211 [[Battle of Tong Pass (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 (217)|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]]

====[[Cao Wei|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]]
[[File:China 5.jpg|thumb|300px|The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.]]
*** 255 [[Battle of Didao]]
** 263 [[Conquest of Shu by Wei]]

====[[Jin dynasty (265–420)|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]]====
[[File:Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xiyu states.svg|thumb|300px|Emperor Taizong's campaign against the oasis states (640–648)]]
[[File:Tang Dynasty circa 700 CE.png|thumb|300px|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 (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 [[Emperor Taizong of Song#Military campaigns|Military campaigns]] of [[Emperor of China|Emperor]] [[Emperor Taizong of Song|Taizong]] of the [[Song dynasty]]
** 979–982 [[Emperor Taizong of Song#First campaign against Liao Dynasty|First campaign against Liao dynasty]]
*** 979 [[Battle of Gaoliang River]]
** 982–988 [[Emperor Taizong of Song#Second campaign against Liao Dynasty|Second campaign against Liao dynasty]]
*** 986 [[Emperor Taizong of Song|Chi go Pass Campaign]]
* February 12, 1101 – March 26, 1125 [[Emperor Tianzuo of Liao|Reign of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao]]
** 1114–1122 [[Emperor Tianzuo of Liao#Jurchen invasion|Jurchen invasion]]
** 1123–1125 [[Emperor Tianzuo of Liao#End of Liao Dynasty|End of Liao dynasty]]

====[[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]]====
* 1206–1337 [[Mongol conquests]]
** 1211–1234 [[Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty]]
*** 1211 [[Battle of Yehuling]]
*** 1215 [[Battle of Zhongdu]]

====[[Yuan dynasty]]====
[[File:Yuen Dynasty 1294 - Goryeo as vassal.png|thumb|300px|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 (Ming dynasty)|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 (1521)|First Battle of Tamao]]
* 1522 [[Second 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 southern Fujian sea (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 [[Battle of Chuenpi|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 (March 1841)|Battle of Canton]]
** May 1841 [[Battle of Canton (May 1841)|Battle of Canton]]
** 1841 [[Battle of Amoy]]
** 1841 [[Capture of Chusan (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 (1853)|Battle of Nanjing]]
** 1856 [[First rout the Army Group Jiangnan]]
** 1858 [[Battle of Sanhe]]
** 1860 [[Second rout the Army Group Jiangnan]]
** 1861 [[Ye Yenlai|Battle of Anqing]]
** 1861 [[Battle of Guanzhong (1861)|Battle of Guanzhong]]
** 1861 [[Battle of Shanghai (1861)|Battle of Shanghai]]
** 1862 [[Battle of Cixi]]
** 1863 [[Tan SauGuan|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 (1862–77)|Dungan Revolt]]
** 1870 [[Battle of Ürümqi (1870)|Battle of Ürümqi]]
* 1864–1869 [[Nien Rebellion]]
** 1867 [[Battle of Inlon River]]
* 1856–1860 [[Second Anglo-Chinese War]]
** 1856 [[Battle of the Pearl River Forts|Pearl River Forts]]
** 1857 [[Battle of Fatshan Creek|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 (Zhennan Pass)|Battle of Bang Bo]]
** 1885 [[Battle of Phu Lam Tao]]
** 1885 [[Keelung Campaign]]
** 1885 [[Pescadores campaign (1885)|Pescadores Campaign]]
[[File:Empire of the Great Qing (orthographic projection).svg|thumb|300px|The Qing Empire in 1890]]
* 1894–1895 [[First Sino-Japanese War]]
** 1895 [[Battle of Weihaiwei]]
* 1895–1896 [[Dungan Revolt (1895)|Dungan Revolt]]
* 1899–1901 [[Boxer Rebellion]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Taku Forts (1900)|Battle of Taku Forts]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Tientsin]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Shanhaiguan (1900)|Battle of Shanhaiguan]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Beicang]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Yangcun]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Yingkou]]
** 1900 [[Battles on Amur River (1900)|Battles on Amur River]]
** 1900 [[Battle of Peking (1900)|Battle of Peking]]
** 1900 [[Seymour Expedition]]
** 1900 [[Siege of the International Legations (Boxer Rebellion)|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 (1912–49)|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 (1933–36)|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]]====
[[File:CHN orthographic.svg|thumb|300px|Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.]]
* 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)

===[[Japan]]===
* c. 7th century BCE [[Emperor Jimmu|Emperor Jinmu]]'s Expedition
* c. 1st century BCE Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion
* c. 1st century - early 2nd century [[Yamato Takeru]] Expedition
* 146-189 or 178-184 [[Civil War of Wa]]
* c. 3rd century [[Empress Jingū|Empress Jingu]] Expedition
* 391-404 Goguryeo-Yamato Guerra
* 463 [[Kibi Clan Rebellion]]
* 479 [[Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion]]
* 527-528 [[Iwai Rebellion]]
* 534 Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion
* 587 [[Battle of Shigisan]]
* 645 [[Isshi Incident]]
* 658-660 Abe's expedition to Hirafu
* August 27–28, 663 [[Battle of Baekgang]]
* 672 Jinshin Guerra
* 720-721 [[Hayato rebellion|Hayato Rebellion]]
* 740 [[Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion|Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion]]
* 764 [[Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion]]
* 774-811 Thirty-Eight Year Guerra
* 780-781? Hoki Rebellion
* 788 Battle of Subuse
* 801 Conquest by Sakanoue in Tamuramaro
* 811 Last Conquest by Funya on Watamaro
* 878 Gangyo Rebellion
* 893 Kanbyo Silla pirate invasion
* 936-941 Johei-Tengyo Rebellion
* 947 Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion
* 1019 [[Toi invasion]]
* 1028-1030 Taira no the Tadatsune Rebellion
* 1051-1062 Zenkunen Guerra
* 1051 Battle of Onikiribe
* 1057 Battle of Kinomi
* 1062 Siege of Komatsu
* 1062 Siege of Koromogawa
* 1062 [[Siege of Kuriyagawa]]
* 1070 Enkyu Battle of Ezo
* 1083-1087 Gosannen Guerra
* 1087 Siege of Kanezawa
* 1107-1108 Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion
* 1156 [[Hōgen rebellion|Hogen Rebellion]]
* 1159 [[Heiji rebellion|Heiji Rebellion]]
* 1180–1185 [[Genpei War]]
** 1180 [[Battle of Ishibashiyama]]
** 1180 [[Battle of Fujigawa]]
** 1181 [[Battle of Sunomata-gawa]]
** 1183 [[Battle of Kurikara]]
** 1184 [[Siege of Hōjūjidono]]
** 1184 [[Battle of Uji (1184)|Battle of Uji]]
** 1184 [[Battle of Awazu]]
** 1184 [[Battle of Ichi-no-Tani]]
** 1184 [[Battle of Kojima]]
** 1185 [[Battle of Yashima]]
** 1185 [[Battle of Dan-no-ura]]
* 1189 Ōshū War
* 1213 Wada Rebellion
* 1247 Miura Rebellion
* 1221 [[Jōkyū War]]
* 1221 [[Battle of Uji (1221)|Battle of Uji]]
* 1274–1281 [[Mongol invasions of Japan]]
** 1274 [[Battle of Bun'ei]]
** 1281 [[Battle of Kōan]]
* 1331-1333 [[Genkō War]]
** 1331 [[Siege of Kasagi]]
** 1331 [[Siege of Akasaka]]
** 1333 [[Siege of Chihaya]]
** 1333 [[Battle of Bubaigawara]]
** 1333 [[Siege of Kamakura (1333)|Siege of Kamakura]]
** 1335 Nakasendai Rebellion
** 1336 [[Battle of Tatarahama (1336)|Battle of Tatarahama]]
** 1336 [[Battle of Minatogawa]]
** 1337 [[Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)|Siege of Kanegasaki]]
** 1338 Battle of Ishiku
** 1348 [[Battle of Shijōnawate|Battle of Shijō Nawate]]
** 1350-1352 Incident Kannō
** 1351 [[Battle of Uchidehama]]
** 1359 Battle of Chikugogawa
** 1399 Ōei Rebellion
** 1416-1417 Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū
** 1438-1439 Eikyō Rebellion
** 1440 Siege of Yūki
** 1441 Incident Kakitsu
** 1456-1457 [[Koshamain's War|Koshamain's Revolt]]
*1455-1482 [[Kyōtoku incident|Kyōtoku Incident]]
**1455 [[Battle of Bubaigawara]]
**1459-1477 Battle of Irako
**1476-1480 Nagao Kageharu Rebellion
**1477 Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara
* 1467 [[Ōnin War]]
** 1487-1505 Chōkyō Incident
** 1504 Battle of Tachigawara
** 1506 Battle of Kuzuryūgawa
** 1509 Battle of Nyoigatake
** 1510 Battle of Nagamorihara
** 1510 Siege of Gongenyama
** 1516 Siege of Arai
** 1517 Battle of Arita-Nakaide
** 1521 Battle of Iidagawara
** 1523 Ningbo Turmoil
** 1527 Battle of Katsuragawa
** 1539 Battle of Tatenawate
** 1531 Battle of Shiokawa no gawara
** 1531 Kyoroku War
** 1531 Battle of Daimotsu
** 1532-1535 Tenbun War
** 1532 Siege of Iimoriyama
** 1532 Siege of Sakai
** 1532 Siege of Yamashina Honganji
** 1535 Battle of Idano
** 1536 Battle of Un no Kuchi
** 1536 Battle of Sanbuichigahara
** 1536 Hanakura Incident
** 1536 Battle of Sendanno
** 1536 Battle of Un no kuchi
** 1537 Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
** 1538 Battle of Kōnodai
** 1540-1541 Siege of Koriyama
** 1542 Battle of Azukizaka
** 1542-1543 Siege of Toda Castle
** 1542-1548 Utsuro Rebellion
** 1546 Battle of Kawagoe
** 1546 Battle of Odaihara
** 1548 Battle of Azukizaka
** 1548 Battle of Uedahara
** 1550 Siege of Toishi
** 1552 Battle of Kaizu
** 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, 1564 Battles of Kawankajima
** 1554 Battle of Enshu-Omori
** 1555 Battle of Ino
** 1555 Battle of Miyajima
** 1556 Battle of Nagaragawa
** 1558 Battle of Ukino
** 1558 Siege of Terabe
** 1564 Battle of Kōnodai
** 1566 Siege of Minowa
** 1568 Siege of Hachigata
** 1569 Battle of Mimasetoge
** 1571 Battle of Takehiro
** 1572 Siege of Iwamura Castle
** 1578 Battle of Mimigawa
** 1584 Battle of Okitanawate
** 1589 Battle of Suriagehara
* 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 (1592–98)|Japanese invasions of Korea]]
** 1592-1593 Battle of Bunroku
** 1592 Battle of Hansan Island
** 1592 [[Siege of Busanjin]]
** 1592 [[Battle of Dadaejin]]
** 1592 [[Siege of Dongnae]]
** 1592 [[Battle of Sangju (1592)|Battle of Sangju]]
** 1592 [[Battle of Chungju]]
** 1592 [[Battle of the Imjin River]]
** 1592 [[Gangwon campaign]]
** 1593 Battle of Haenju
** 1597-1598 Battle of Keicho
** 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang
** 1597-1598 Siege of Ulsan
** 1598 Battle of Sacheon
** 1598 Battle of Noryang
*1600 Battle of Sekigahara
**Siege of Fushimi
**Battle of Gifu Castle
**Siege of Ueda
*1609 Ryukyu's invasion
*1614-1615 Siege of Osaka
*
* 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]]
** 1894 Battle of Pungdo
** 1894 Battle of Seonghwan
** 1894 Battle of Pyongyang
** 1894 Battle of Yalu River
** 1894 Battle of Jiuliancheng
** 1894 Battle of Lushunkou
** 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei
** 1895 Battle of Yingkou
** 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan
** 1895 Campaign Fishermen
** 1895 Battle of Keelung
** 1895 Hsinchu Campaign
** 1895 Battle of Baguashan
** 1895 Battle of Chiayi
** 1895 Battle of Chiatung
** 1895 Capitulation of Tainan
** 1895 Battle of Changhsing
** 1904-1905 Battle of Port Arthur
** 1904 Battle of Yalu River
** 1904 Battle of the Yellow Sea
** 1904 Battle of Nanshan
** 1904 Battle of Shantung
** 1904 Battle of Dairen
** 1904 Battle of Liaoyang
** 1905 Battle of Tsushima
** 1905 [[Battle of Mukden]]
** 1907 [[Battle of Namdaemun|Namdaemun Battle]]
** 1914 [[Siege of Tsingtao]]
** 1920 [[Battle of Qingshanli]]
** 1920 [[Battle of Fengwudong]]
** 1937 [[Marco Polo Bridge Incident]]
** 1937 [[Battle of Beiping–Tianjin|Battle of Beiping - Tianjin]]
** 1937 [[Battle of Shanghai]]
** 1937 [[Battle of Pingxingguan]]
** 1937 [[Battle of Nanking|Battle of Nanjing]]
** 1937 [[Battle of Taiyuan]]
** 1937 [[Battle of Xuzhou]]
** 1938 [[Battle of Taierzhuang]]
** 1938 [[Battle of Wuhan]]
** 1938 Battle of Canton
** 1939 [[Battles of Khalkhin Gol]] (Nomonhan Incident)
** 1939 [[Battle of Changsha (1939)|Battle of Changsha]]
** 1940 Offensive of one hundred regiments
* 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 of Korea|Three Kingdoms]]
** 391–413 [[Gwanggaeto the Great|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 [[Korean–Jurchen border conflicts|Jurchen campaigns]]
* 1231–1259 [[Mongol invasions of Korea]]
* December 1359 – November 1360 [[Red Turban invasions of Goryeo]]
* 1396 Second Tsushima Expedition
* 1419 Third Tsushima Expedition
* 1443 Joseon Northern Expedition
* 1510 Sampo Invasion
* 1592–1598 [[Japanese-Korean War (1592–98)]]
** 1592 [[Siege of Busan]]
** 1592 [[Siege of Dongnae]]
** 1592 [[Battle of Sangju (1592)|Battle of Sangju]]
** 1592 [[Battle of Chungju]]
** 1592 [[Battle of the Imjin River]]
** 1592 [[Joseon naval campaigns of 1592|Joseon naval campaigns]]
** 1592 [[Siege of Jinju (1592)|Siege of Jinju]]
** 1593 [[Siege of Haengju]]
** 1597 [[Battle of Myeongnyang]]
** 1598 [[Battle of Noryang Point]]
* 1618-1683 [[Transition from Ming to Qing|Ming-Manchu War]]
* 1627 [[First Manchurian-Korean War]]
* 1636 [[Second Manchurian-Korean War]]
* 1866 [[French campaign against Korea (1866)|French campaign against Korea]]
* 1871 [[United States expedition to Korea]]
* 1875 [[Ganghwa Island incident]]
* 1882 [[Imo Incident]]
* 1884 [[Gapsin Coup]]
* 1894-1895 [[Donghak Peasant Revolution]]
* 1900 [[Boxer Rebellion]]
* 1902 Korean Invasion of Manchuria
* 1905 Eulsa Righteous War
* 1907 Jeungmi Righteous War
* 1909 Great Korean Militia Roundup Campaign
*1910 [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese annexation of Korea]]
*1910-1945 Korean Liberation Army And Japanese war
*1920 [[Battle of Fengwudong]]
*1920 [[Battle of Qingshanli|Battle of Chongsanli]]
*1921 Massacre of Svobodny
* 1945– [[Korean conflict]]
* 1950–1953 (De jure: 2019) [[Korean War]]
* 1966–1969 [[Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–69)|Korean DMZ conflict]]
* 1967– [[Korean maritime border incidents]]

===[[Mongolia]]===

==== [[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 [[Rouran Khaganate#Origin|Origin and expansion]]

====[[First Turkic Khaganate|Turkic Khaganate]]====
* 581–593 [[Göktürk civil war]]
[[File:East-Hem 600ad.jpg|300px|thumb|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 [[Uyghur Khaganate#The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia|The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia]]

====[[Mongol Empire]]====
* 1207 [[Mongol conquest of Siberia]]

====[[Golden Horde]]====
* 1380–1390 [[Tokhtamysh–Timur war]]
* 1206–1337 [[Mongol invasions]]
* [[Tatar invasions]]
* 1938–1945 World War II
** 1938–39 [[Soviet–Japanese border conflicts]]
** 1945 [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]]

===[[Taiwan|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 invasion of Taiwan (1895)|Japanese conquest of Taiwan]]
* 1947 [[February 28 Incident]]

==South Asia==

===[[Bangladesh]]===
* 1303 [[Conquest of Sylhet]]
* 1512–1516 [[Bengal Sultanate–Kingdom of Mrauk U War of 1512–1516|Bengal Sultanate–Kingdom of Mrauk U War]]
* 1576 [[Battle of Rajmahal]]
* 1611 [[Conquest of Bakla]]
* 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 of 1971|Indo-Pakistani War]]
** [[Liberation of Mirpur]]
** [[Battle of Gazipur]]
** [[Battle of Sylhet]]
** [[Battle of Boyra]]
* 1972-1975 [[1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency|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 [[1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny|Air Force mutiny]]
* 1977-1997 [[Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict]]
* 1991-1992 [[Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation]]
* 1994 [[1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny|Ansar mutiny]]
* 1996 [[1996 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt|coup d'état attempt]]
* 1998 [[1982 Bangladesh coup d'état|coup d'état]]
* 2001 [[2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes|Indo-Bangla border skirmish]]
* 2004 [[10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong|10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul]]
* 2006–2008 [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis|Bangladeshi political crisis]]
* 2008 [[2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff|Myanmar naval standoff]]
* 2009 [[Bangladesh Rifles revolt]]
* 2011 [[2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt|coup d'état attempt]]
* 2015 [[2015 Bangladesh–Arakan Army border clash|Arakan Army border clash]]

===[[Bhutan]]===
* 1766–1788 [[Ten Great Campaigns]]

===[[India]]===

====[[Bharathvarsha]]====
* c. 15000 BCE [[Ramayana|Ramayana War]]
* c. 5300 BCE – [[Kurukshetra War]]

====[[Bharatas (tribe)|Bharat]]====
* c. 1700 BCE – c. 1000 BCE [[Battle of the Ten Kings]]
* 543–504 BCE [[Vijaya of Sri Lanka|Vijaya]]'s conquest of Sri Lanka

====[[Kingdom of Magadha]]====
* 500–321 BCE [[Magadha|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-Scythians|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]]

====[[Vijayanagara Empire|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 (1649–53)|Mughal–Safavid War]]
** 1739 [[Battle of Karnal]]

====[[Maratha Empire]]====
* 1681-1707 [[Mughal–Maratha Wars|Mughal-Maratha Wars]]
* 1737-1758 Maratha conquests of North and Northwest India
* 1777–1818 [[Anglo-Maratha Wars (disambiguation)|Anglo-Maratha Wars]]
* 1780-1787 [[Maratha–Mysore War|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 (disambiguation)|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]]
* 1841–1842 [[Sino-Sikh War]]
* 1845–1849 Anglo-Sikh Wars
** 1845–1846 [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]
** 1848–1849 [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]
* 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 (1848-1849)|Siege of Multan]]
* 1857 [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion/Indian Mutiny]]
** 1857 [[Siege of Delhi]]
** 1857 [[Siege of Cawnpore]]
** 1857 [[Siege of Lucknow]]
** 1857 [[Battle of Jhelum - Indian Mutiny|Battle of Jhelum]]
** 1857 [[Siege of Arrah]]
** 1858 [[Central Indian campaign of 1858|Jhansi]]

====[[British Raj]]====
* 1823{{ndash}}1886 [[Anglo-Burmese wars]]
** 1823{{ndash}}1826 [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]
** 1852{{ndash}}1853 [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]]
** 1885{{ndash}}1886 [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]]
* 1839{{ndash}}1860 Opium Wars
** 1839{{ndash}}1848 [[First Opium War]]
** 1856{{ndash}}1860 [[Second Opium War]]
* 1839{{ndash}}1919 [[Anglo-Afghan Wars]]
** 1839{{ndash}}1842 [[First Anglo-Afghan War]]
** 1878{{ndash}}1880 [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
** 1919 [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
* 1888 [[Sikkim Expedition]]
* 1897{{ndash}}1898 [[Tirah Campaign]]
* [[Indian independence movement]]
* 1905 [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|Partition of Bengal]]
* 1905{{ndash}}1947 [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
* 1914{{ndash}}1918 World War I
* 1919 [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]]
* 1920{{ndash}}1935 [[Non-cooperation movement]]
* 1939{{ndash}}1945 World War II
** 1939{{ndash}}1945 [[India in World War II]]
** 1941{{ndash}}1945 [[South-East Asian theatre of World War II]]
** 1942{{ndash}}1945 [[China Burma India Theater of World War II]]
** 1942{{ndash}}1945 [[Battles and operations of the Indian National Army]]
* 1942{{ndash}}1945 [[Battles and operations of the Indian National Army]]
* 1942{{ndash}}1947 [[Quit India Movement]]

====[[Dominion of India]]====
* 1947 [[Partition of India]]
* October 22, 1947 – January 1, 1948 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Indo-Pakistani War]]
* September 13–18, 1948 [[Operation Polo]]

====[[History of the Republic of India|Republic of India]]====
* 1961 [[Operation Vijay (1961)|Operation Vijay]]
* 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]]
* 1964 – ''ongoing'' [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
* 1965 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War]]
* 1967 – ''ongoing'' [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]]
* March 26 – December 16, 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
** 1971 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 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 (Sri Lanka)|Operation Checkmate]]
* 1989 – ''ongoing'' [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
* 1999 [[Kargil War]]

===[[Nepal]]===
* 1790–1792 [[Ten Great Campaigns]]
* 1814–1816 [[Anglo-Nepalese War]]
* 1855–1856 [[Nepalese–Tibetan War]]
* 1996–2006 [[Nepal Civil 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 of 1947|Indo-Pakistani War]]
** 1965 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War]]
** 1971 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 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 of 1971|Indo-Pakistani War]]
* [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]]
* 2004 – ''ongoing'' [[War in Waziristan]]
* 2004 – ''ongoing'' [[Balochistan conflict]]
* [[2007 Pakistani state of emergency]]

===[[Sri Lanka]]===
* 161 or 162 BCE [[Battle of Vijithapura]]
* 862 [[Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya|Anuradhapura invasion of Pandyan]]
* 1165-1181 [[Polonnaruwa-Pagan War|Polonnaruwa-Pagan war]]
* 1169-1177 [[Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177)|Pandyan civil war]]
* 1020–1130 [[Medieval Chola]] Invasions
* 1410 or 1411 [[Ming-Kotte War]]
* 1527-1658 [[Sinhalese-Portuguese war]]
** 1557-1558 [[Siege of Kotte (1557-1558)|Siege of Kotte]]
** 1559 [[Battle of Mulleriyawa]]
** 1560-1621 [[Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom]]
** 1594 [[Campaign of Danture]]
** 1638 [[Battle of Gannoruwa]]
* 1796 [[East India Company]] conquest
* 1803–1815 [[Kandyan Wars]]
* 1818 [[Great Rebellion of 1817-1818|Uva-Wellassa Rebellion]]
* 1848 [[Matale Rebellion]]
* 1914–1948 [[Sri Lankan independence movement]]
* 1971 [[1971 JVP Insurrection|JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)]]
* 1983–2009 [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]
** 1976–1987 [[Eelam War I]]
** 1987–1989 [[1987–89 JVP insurrection|JVP insurrection (Sri Lanka)]]
** 1990–1995 [[Eelam War II]]
** 1995–2002 [[Eelam War III]]
** 2006–2009 [[Eelam War IV]]

==Southeast Asia==

===[[Burma (Myanmar)]]===
* 1020–1130 [[Medieval Cholas|Medieval Chola]] Invasions
* 1548–1549 [[Burmese–Siamese War (1547–49)|Burmese–Siamese War]]
* 1765–1769 [[Sino-Burmese War (1765–69)|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 – [[2007 Burmese anti-government protests|Burmese anti-government protests]]
** 2021 - ongoing [[Myanmar Civil War]]

===[[Cambodia]]===
====[[Kingdom of Funan]]====
* c. 100 [[Preah Thaong and Neang Neak]] conflict

====[[Chenla Kingdom]]====
* [[Kingdom of Funan#Apex and decline of Funan|Apex and decline of Funan]]

====[[Khmer Empire]]====
[[File:Map-of-southeast-asia 900 CE.png|thumb|300px|900 AD<br /> '''Red''': Khmer Empire <br />'''Light green''': [[Haripunjaya]] <br />'''Yellow''': [[Champa]]]]
* 1020–1130 [[Medieval Cholas|Medieval Chola]] invasions

====[[French Indochina]]====
* 1945–1954 [[First Indochina War]]
* 1967–1975 [[Cambodian Civil War]]
* 1957–1975 [[Vietnam War]]
* 1978–1989 [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]]
* 1978–1988 [[Vietnamese border raids in Thailand]]
* 1997 [[1997 clashes in Cambodia|Clashes in Cambodia]]
* 2008 – ''ongoing'' [[Cambodian–Thai border dispute]]

===[[Indonesia]]===
* 1020–1130 [[Medieval Cholas|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]]
* 1803-1837 [[Padri War]]
* 1945–1949 [[Indonesian National Revolution]]
* 1962–1966 [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]
* 1975–1999 [[Invasion of East Timor|Indonesian Invasion of East Timor]]
* 1969–present [[Papua conflict|Indonesian West Papua Conflict]]
* 1976–2005 [[Insurgency in Aceh]]

===[[Laos]]===
* 1957–1975 [[Vietnam War]]
* 1975–2008 [[Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong]]

===[[Malaysia]]===
* 1020–1130 [[Medieval Cholas|Medieval Chola]] Invasions
* 1786 [[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 (1968–1989)|Communist insurgency in Malaysia]]
* 2013 [[2013 Lahad Datu standoff|Lahad Datu standoff]]

===[[Philippines]]===
* 900–1565 [[History of the Philippines (900–1565)|Precolonial period]]
** 1521 [[Battle of Mactan]]
* 1896–1898 [[Philippine Revolution]]
* 1898 [[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 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]]
** 2013 [[Zamboanga City crisis]]
** 2017 [[Battle of Marawi]]
* 2002–2015 [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines]]
*1965–1986 [[Moro conflict#Marcos (1965–1986)|Under Marcos]]

[[Cambodian–Thai border dispute|Thai Cambodia border Conflict]]
===[[Thailand]]===
* 1020–1130 [[Medieval Cholas|Medieval Chola]] Invasions
* 1548–1855 [[Burmese–Siamese wars]]
** 1548 [[Burmese–Siamese War (1548)|Burmese–Siamese War]] Toungoo–Ayutthaya
** 1759–1760 [[Burmese–Siamese War (1759–60)|Burmese–Siamese War]] Konbaung–Ayutthaya
** 1775–1776 [[Burmese–Siamese War (1775–76)|Burmese–Siamese War]] Konbaung–Bangkok
* 1939–1945 World War II
** 1940–1941 [[French-Thai War]]
** 1940–1941 [[Japanese invasion of Thailand]]
*1966-1974 Thailand during the Vietnam war
* 1978-1989 3rd Indochina war
** 1978 [[Thai–Laotian Border War]]
** 1978 - 1984 [[Vietnamese border raids in Thailand|Vietnamese border raids on Thailand]]
* 2008-2011 [[Cambodian–Thai border dispute|Thai-Cambodia border dispute]]Thai Cambodia border Conflict
* 2004 – ''ongoing'' [[South Thailand insurgency]]

===[[Vietnam]]===
* 258–257 BCE Thuc–Lac Viet War
* 217–207 BCE Thuc–Qin War
* 111 BCE [[Han–Nanyue War|Trieu–Han War]]
* 39, 40–43 CE [[Trưng Sisters#Rebellion|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 [[Battle of Bạch Đằng River (938)|Ngô Quyền war of independence]]
* 966–968 [[The 12 Lords Rebellion|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 [[Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam|War against the Ming dynasty]]
* 1553–1592 [[Southern and Northern Dynasties (Vietnam)|Lê–Mạc civil war]]
* 1627–1673 [[Trịnh–Nguyễn War]]
* 1714–1755 Nguyen–Khmer War
* 1788–1789 [[Qing–Tây Sơn War]]
* 1784–1785 [[Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút|Tây Sơn-Siam War]]
* 1858–1885 [[French Indochina|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 conflicts 1979–90|Sino-Vietnamese border conflict]]
* 1988 [[Johnson South Reef Skirmish]]

==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]]

==North Asia==

===[[Russia]]===

====[[Grand Duchy of Moscow]]====
* 1368-1372 [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars|Lithuanian-Muscovite War]]
* 1376 [[Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (1376)|Muscovite-Volga Bulgars War]]
** [[Battle on Pyana River]]
** [[Battle of the Vozha River]]
** [[Battle of Kulikovo]]
*1382 [[Siege of Moscow (1382)|Siege of Moscow]]
* 1438–1552 [[Russo-Kazan Wars]]
* 1467-1469 [[Qasim War]]
* 1471 [[Battle of Shelon]]
* 1480 Great stand on the Ugra River
* 1478 [[Siege of Kazan]]
* 1492-1494 [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars|First Muscovite-Lithuanian War]]
* 1495-1497 [[Russo-Swedish War]]
* 1500-1503 [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars|Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War]]
* 1507-1508 [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars|Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War]]
* 1512-1522 [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars|Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War]]
* 1534-1537 [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars|Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War]]

====[[Tsardom of Russia]]====
* 1552 [[Siege of Kazan]]
* 1552-1556 Tatar Rebellion
* 1554-1557 Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War
* 1556 Russian conquest of Astrakhan
* 1558-1583 [[Livonian War]]
* 1568-1570 [[Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570)|Astrakhan Expedition]]
* 1571 [[Russo-Crimean War (1571)|Russo-Crimean War]]
* July 1580 – 1639 [[Russian conquest of Siberia]]
[[File:Russian Tsardom 1500 to 1700.png|300px|thumb|Territory of Muscovy / Russia in {{legend0|#4dab07}} 1500, {{legend0|#22b14c}} 1600 and {{legend0|#68ca84}} 1700.]]
** July 1580 – 1598 [[Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir]]
*** October 23, 1582 [[Battle of Chuvash Cape]]
* 1590-1595 [[List of wars between Russia and Sweden|Russo-Swedish War]]
* 1605-1618 [[Polish-Russian war|Polish-Russian War]]
* 1606-1607 [[Bolotnikov rebellion|Bolotnikov Rebellion]]
* 1610-1617 [[Ingrian War]]
* 1632-1634 [[Smolensk War]]
* 1651-1653 [[Russo-Persian Wars|Russo-Persian War]]
* 1652–1689 [[Sino-Russian border conflicts]]
* 1654-1667 [[First Northern War]]
* 1656-1658 [[List of wars between Russia and Sweden|Russo-Swedish War]]
* 1662-1664 First Bashkir Rebellion
* 1670-1671 [[Razin's Rebellion]]
* 1676-1681 [[History of the Russo-Turkish wars|Russo-Turkish War]]
* 1683-1700 [[Great Turkish War]]
* 1700-1721 [[Great Northern War]]
* 1704-1711 Third Bashkir Rebellion
* 1707-1708 [[Bulavin Rebellion]]
* 1717 Peter the Great's Khivan War
* 1717-1847 Kazakh-Russian conflicts

====[[Russian Empire]]====
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* 1722-1723 Russo-Persian War
* 1733-1738 War of Polish Succession
* 1735-1739 Russo-Turkish War
* 1735-1740 Fourth Bashkir Rebellion
* 1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
* 1756-1763 Seven Years' War
* 1768-1769 Koliivshchyna Rebellion
* 1768-1772 War of the Bar Confederation
* 1768-1774 Russo-Turkish War
* 1773-1775 Pugachev's Rebellion
* 1787-1792 Russo-Turkish War
* 1788-1790 Russo-Swedish War
* 1792 Polish-Russian War
* 1794 [[Kościuszko Uprising]]
* 1796 Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great
* 1799-1802 War of the Second Coalition
* 1803-1806 War of the Third Coalition
* 1804-1813 Russo-Persian War
* 1806-1807 War of the Fourth Coalition
* 1806-1812 Russo-Turkish War
* 1807-1812 Anglo-Russian War
* 1808-1809 Finnish War
* 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition
* 1812 French invasion of Russia
* 1813-1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
* 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition
* 1817-1864 Caucasian War
* 1825 Decembrist Revolt
* 1826-1828 Russo-Persian War
* 1827 Battle of Navarino
* 1828-1829 Russo-Turkish War
* 1830-1831 November Uprising
* 1839-1841 Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
* 1839-1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
* 1841 Gurian Rebellion
* 1842 Shoorcha Rebellion
* 1848-1849 Hungarian Revolution
* 1853-1856 Crimean War
* 1858 Mahtra War
* 1861 Bezdna Revolt
* 1863-1864 January Uprising
* 1866 Siberian Uprising
* 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War
* 1897-1898 Cretan Revolt
* 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion
* 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
* (2022- present) Russia Invaded Ukraine

==Chronological list of wars==

===20th century===
* 1904–1905 [[Russo-Japanese War]]
* 1911 [[Wuchang Uprising]]
* 1914–1918 [[Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I|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 [[Northern Expedition|Kuomintang – Warlords conflict]]
* 1927–1936 [[Chinese Civil War]]
* 1929 [[Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)|Sino-Soviet War]]
* 1929 [[Reforms of Amānullāh Khān and civil war|Afghan civil war]]
* 1937–1945 [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]
* 1939–1945 World War II
** 1939–1945 [[Indian Ocean in World War II|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 [[Philippines campaign (1941–1942)|Japanese invasion of Philippines]]
** 1941–1942 [[Malayan Campaign|Japanese invasion of Malaya]]
** 1941–1942 [[Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies|Japanese invasion of Dutch Indies]]
** 1942–1945 [[New Guinea campaign]]
** 1942–1945 [[Burma Campaign]]
** 1944–1945 [[Philippines Campaign (1944–45)|Allied invasion of Philippines]]
** 1944–1945 [[Japan campaign]]
** 1945 [[Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina]]
** 1945 [[Operation Tiderace|British invasion of Malaya and Singapore]]
** 1945 [[Borneo campaign (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 [[Battle of Chamdo|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 [[United National Liberation Front|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 [[History of Sri Lanka|Maoist rebellion in Sri Lanka]]
* 1978–1979 [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]]
* 1979 – today [[Assam conflict]]
* 1979–1989 [[Soviet–Afghan War]]
* 1979–1998 [[Khmer Rouge|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]]
* 1988-1994 [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]
* 1988-1998 [[Bougainville Civil War]]
* 1989 – today [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
* 1989 [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen protests]]
* 1989 – today [[Tripura rebellion]]
* 1989–1992 [[Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92)|Mujahideen – Communist war in Afghanistan]]
* 1992–1996 [[Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96)|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 Movement of Uzbekistan|Islamic insurgency in Uzbekistan]]
* 1998-2003 [[Solomon Islands Civil War]]
* 1999 [[Kargil War]]

===21st century===

* 2000-2001 [[2000 Fijian coup d'état|Fijian coup d'état]]
* [[2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish]]
* 2001 – 2021 [[War on Terror]]
** 2001 – 2021 [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan War]]
** 2002 – 2015 [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines]]
** 2002 – today [[Terrorism in Indonesia|Islamic terrorism in Indonesia]]
** 2002 – today [[Turkistan Islamic Party|Islamic insurgency in Xinjiang]]
** 2004 – today [[War in North-West Pakistan]]
** 2004 – today [[South Thailand insurgency]]
* 2003–2004 [[Operation All Clear]]
* 2005 [[Andijan massacre|Islamic uprising in Uzbekistan]]
* 2005–2006 [[2005–2006 Fijian political crisis|Fijian political crisis]]
** 2006 [[Fijian military unrest in 2006|Fijian military unrest]]
** 2006 [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|Fijian coup d'état]]
* 2009 [[2009 Fijian constitutional crisis|Fijian constitutional crisis]]
* 2008–2009 [[Cambodian–Thai border dispute|Cambodian-Thai stand-off]]
* 2010 [[Uruzgan helicopter attack]]
* 2010 – 2022 [[Nagorno-Karabakh|Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
** 2010 [[2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes|Nagorno-Karabakh clashes]]
** 2010 [[2010 Mardakert clashes|Mardakert clashes]]
** 2012 [[2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes|Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes]]
** 2014 [[2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes|Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes]]
** 2016 [[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict|Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes]]
** 2016 [[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict|Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
** 2018 [[2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes|Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes]]
** 2020 [[July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes|Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes]]
** 2020 [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war|Nagorno-Karabakh war]]
** 2021–2022 [[2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis|Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis]]
* 2015 - today [[Islamic State-Taliban conflict]]
* 2016 [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike|India–Pakistan military confrontation]]
* 2016 – 2017 [[2016–2017 Kashmir unrest|Kashmir unrest]]
* 2022 - today [[Republican insurgency in Afghanistan]]

==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 conflicts in Australia]]
* [[List of wars]]

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