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[edit]

Armenia[edit]

Azerbaijan[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Prehistoric Egypt[edit]

Early Dynastic Period[edit]

  • 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[edit]

First Intermediate Period[edit]

Middle Kingdom[edit]

Second Intermediate Period[edit]

New Kingdom of Egypt[edit]

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

Third Intermediate Period[edit]

Late Period[edit]

Ptolemaic Kingdom[edit]

Roman Province of Egypt[edit]

Byzantine Diocese of Egypt[edit]

Rashidun Caliphate[edit]

Abbasid Caliphate[edit]

Ayyubid Dynasty[edit]

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt[edit]

Eyalet of Egypt[edit]

Khedivate of Egypt[edit]

Sultanate of Egypt[edit]

Kingdom of Egypt[edit]

Republic of Egypt[edit]

Arab Republic of Egypt[edit]

Iran[edit]

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer[edit]

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty[edit]

Achaemenid Empire[edit]

The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt

Macedonian Empire[edit]

Seleucid Empire[edit]

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

Parthian Empire[edit]

Sasanian Empire[edit]

Rashidun Caliphate[edit]

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

Umayyad Caliphate[edit]

Abbasid Caliphate[edit]

Qajar dynasty[edit]

Pahlavi dynasty[edit]

Islamic Republic of Iran[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer[edit]

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

Akkadian Empire[edit]

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

Gutian period of Sumer[edit]

Fifth Dynasty of Uruk[edit]

Neo-Sumerian Empire[edit]

Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere

Dynasty of Isin[edit]

Paleo-Babylonian Empire[edit]

Kassite period of Babylonia[edit]

The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty[edit]

Meso-Assyrian Empire[edit]

Neo-Assyrian Empire[edit]

Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.

Neo-Babylonian Empire[edit]

The Neo-Babylonian Empire

Achaemenid Province of Athura[edit]

Macedonian Empire[edit]

Wars of Alexander the Great

Seleucid Empire[edit]

Parthian Empire[edit]

Roman Province of Mesopotamia[edit]

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

Sasanian Province of Asorestan[edit]

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

Rashidun Caliphate[edit]

Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate

Umayyad Caliphate[edit]

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

Abbasid Caliphate[edit]

Mongol Empire[edit]

Expansion of the Mongol Empire

Ottoman Iraq[edit]

July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration[edit]

Kingdom of Iraq[edit]

First Iraqi Republic[edit]

Ba'athist Iraq[edit]

Map of the invasion routes and major operations/battles of the Iraq War as of 2007.

Coalition Provisional Authority[edit]

Republic of Iraq[edit]

Israel[edit]

Canaan[edit]

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

Confederated Tribes of Israel[edit]

United Kingdom of Israel and Judah[edit]

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

Kingdom of Judah[edit]

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Babylonian Province of Yehud[edit]

Persian Province of Yehud Medinata[edit]

Seleucid Empire[edit]

Hasmonean Kingdom[edit]

Herodian Kingdom of Israel[edit]

Roman Tetrarchy of Judea[edit]

Roman Province of Judea[edit]

Roman Province of Syria Palaestina[edit]

Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima[edit]

Rashidun Province of Jund Filastin[edit]

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.

Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin[edit]

Kingdom of Jerusalem[edit]

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

Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus[edit]

Ottoman Vilayet of Syria[edit]

State of Israel[edit]

Lebanon[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun

Muslim conquests[edit]

Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.

Rashidun Caliphate[edit]

Umayyad Caliphate[edit]

Abbasid Caliphate[edit]

First Saudi state[edit]

Ibrahim Pasha's Campaign against the Saudis in Nejd
  • 1746 Battle of Riyadh
  • 1764 Battle of Al-Hayer
  • 1789 Battle of ghrimeel
  • 1793 Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion
  • 1793 – 1798 Invasion of Qatar
  • April 21 – 1802 or 1801 Invasion of Karbala
  • 1811 Battle of Khakeekera
  • Early 1811 – 1818 Ottoman–Saudi War

Second Saudi state[edit]

  • 1821 – 1824 Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet
  • 1865 – 1875 Royal Civil War
  • 1870 – 1871 Al-Hasa Expedition
  • 1883 Battle of Arwa
  • 24 January 1891 Battle of Mulayda

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia[edit]

Syria[edit]

Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia[edit]

Akkadian Empire[edit]

Sargon of Akkad's conquests.

Hittite Empire[edit]

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

Neo-Assyrian Empire[edit]

Seleucid Empire[edit]

French Mandate of Syria[edit]

Syrian Arab Republic[edit]

Turkey[edit]

Hittite Empire[edit]

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

Kingdom of Diaokhi[edit]

Lydian Empire[edit]

Achaemenid Empire[edit]

Macedonian Empire[edit]

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[edit]

Roman Republic[edit]

Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

Kingdom of Pontus[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

Byzantine Empire[edit]

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

Seljuq Empire[edit]

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

Sultanate of Rum[edit]

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

Latin Empire[edit]

Ottoman Empire[edit]

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

Republic of Turkey[edit]

Central Asia[edit]

Afghanistan[edit]

Ghaznavids[edit]

Afghan Empires and the Great Game[edit]

Russian Empire[edit]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[edit]

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Tajikistan[edit]

Dayuan[edit]

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[edit]

Turkmenistan[edit]

Uzbekistan[edit]

Sogdia[edit]

Sogdia, c. 300 BC.

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom[edit]

Yuezhi Kingdom[edit]

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

Indo-Greek Kingdom[edit]

Kushan Empire[edit]

Rouran Khaganate[edit]

Göktürk Khaganate[edit]

Khwarazmian dynasty[edit]

Mongol Empire[edit]

Timurid dynasty[edit]

Zunghar Khanate[edit]

Russian Empire[edit]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[edit]

Russian Empire[edit]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[edit]

East Asia[edit]

China[edit]

Longshan culture[edit]

Xia dynasty[edit]

Shang dynasty[edit]

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

Zhou dynasty[edit]

Qin dynasty[edit]

Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.

Han dynasty[edit]

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

Wei dynasty[edit]

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

Jìn dynasty[edit]

Liu Song dynasty[edit]

Sui dynasty[edit]

Tang dynasty[edit]

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

Song dynasty[edit]

Liao dynasty[edit]

Jin dynasty[edit]

Yuan dynasty[edit]

Yuan dynasty in 1294

Ming dynasty[edit]

Qing dynasty[edit]

The Qing Empire in 1890

Republic of China[edit]

People's Republic of China[edit]

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

Japan[edit]

Korea[edit]

Mongolia[edit]

Xiongnu[edit]

Rouran Khaganate[edit]

Turkic Khaganate[edit]

Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE

Uyghur Khaganate[edit]

Mongol Empire[edit]

Golden Horde[edit]

Taiwan (Republic of China)[edit]

South Asia[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

People's Republic of Bangladesh[edit]

Bhutan[edit]

India[edit]

Bharathvarsha[edit]

Bharat[edit]

Kingdom of Magadha[edit]

Maurya Empire[edit]

Indo-Scythian Kingdom[edit]

Gupta Empire[edit]

Empire of Harsha[edit]

Delhi Sultanate[edit]

Vijaynagara Empire[edit]

1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts

Mughal Empire[edit]

Maratha Empire[edit]

Sikh Empire[edit]

Company rule in India[edit]

British Raj[edit]

Dominion of India[edit]

Republic of India[edit]

Nepal[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Southeast Asia[edit]

Burma (Myanmar)[edit]

Cambodia[edit]

Kingdom of Funan[edit]

Chenla Kingdom[edit]

Khmer Empire[edit]

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

French Indochina[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Laos[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Thailand[edit]

Vietnam[edit]

Asia-Pacific[edit]

North Asia[edit]

Russia[edit]

Grand Duchy of Moscow[edit]

Tsardom of Russia[edit]

Territory of Muscovy / Russia in       1500,       1600 and       1700.

Russian Empire[edit]

Map of the Russian Empire showing any and all territory and immediate influence it possessed regardless of time period.
  Territory[a]
  Spheres of influence
  • 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
  • November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922 Russian Civil War

Russian Republic[edit]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[edit]

Russian Federation[edit]

Chronological list of wars[edit]

20th century[edit]

21st century[edit]

See also[edit]