List of conflicts in Asia


This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, 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 AsiaEdit

ArmeniaEdit

AzerbaijanEdit

EgyptEdit

Prehistoric EgyptEdit

Early Dynastic PeriodEdit

  • 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 KingdomEdit

First Intermediate PeriodEdit

Middle KingdomEdit

Second Intermediate PeriodEdit

New Kingdom of EgyptEdit

  • 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 PeriodEdit

Late PeriodEdit

Ptolemaic KingdomEdit

Roman Province of EgyptEdit

Byzantine Diocese of EgyptEdit

Rashidun CaliphateEdit

Abbasid CaliphateEdit

Ayyubid DynastyEdit

Mamluk Sultanate of EgyptEdit

Eyalet of EgyptEdit

Khedivate of EgyptEdit

Sultanate of EgyptEdit

Kingdom of EgyptEdit

Republic of EgyptEdit

Arab Republic of EgyptEdit

IranEdit

Early Dynastic Period of SumerEdit

Fourth Babylonian DynastyEdit

Achaemenid EmpireEdit

 
The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt

Macedonian EmpireEdit

Seleucid EmpireEdit

 
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 EmpireEdit

Sasanian EmpireEdit

Rashidun CaliphateEdit

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

Umayyad CaliphateEdit

Abbasid CaliphateEdit

Qajar dynastyEdit

Pahlavi dynastyEdit

Islamic Republic of IranEdit

IraqEdit

Early Dynastic Period of SumerEdit

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

Akkadian EmpireEdit

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

Gutian period of SumerEdit

Fifth Dynasty of UrukEdit

Neo-Sumerian EmpireEdit

 
Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere

Dynasty of IsinEdit

Paleo-Babylonian EmpireEdit

Kassite period of BabyloniaEdit

 
The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty

Fourth Babylonian DynastyEdit

Meso-Assyrian EmpireEdit

Neo-Assyrian EmpireEdit

 
Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.

Neo-Babylonian EmpireEdit

Achaemenid Province of AthuraEdit

Macedonian EmpireEdit

Seleucid EmpireEdit

Parthian EmpireEdit

Roman Province of MesopotamiaEdit

Sasanian Province of AsorestanEdit

 
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 CaliphateEdit

 
Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate

Umayyad CaliphateEdit

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

Abbasid CaliphateEdit

Mongol EmpireEdit

 
Expansion of the Mongol Empire

Ottoman IraqEdit

 
July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I

Occupied Enemy Territory AdministrationEdit

Kingdom of IraqEdit

First Iraqi RepublicEdit

Ba'athist IraqEdit

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

Coalition Provisional AuthorityEdit

Republic of IraqEdit

IsraelEdit

CanaanEdit

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

Confederated Tribes of IsraelEdit

United Kingdom of Israel and JudahEdit

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

Kingdom of JudahEdit

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Babylonian Province of YehudEdit

Persian Province of Yehud MedinataEdit

Seleucid EmpireEdit

Hasmonean KingdomEdit

Herodian Kingdom of IsraelEdit

Roman Tetrarchy of JudeaEdit

Roman Province of JudeaEdit

Roman Province of Syria PalaestinaEdit

Byzantine Province of Palaestina PrimaEdit

Rashidun Province of Jund FilastinEdit

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

Abbasid Province of Jund FilastinEdit

Kingdom of JerusalemEdit

 
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 DamascusEdit

Ottoman Vilayet of SyriaEdit

State of IsraelEdit

LebanonEdit

Saudi ArabiaEdit

 
Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun

Muslim conquestsEdit

 
Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.

Rashidun CaliphateEdit

Umayyad CaliphateEdit

Abbasid CaliphateEdit

First Saudi stateEdit

 
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 stateEdit

  • 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 ArabiaEdit

SyriaEdit

Chalcolithic period of MesopotamiaEdit

Akkadian EmpireEdit

 
Sargon of Akkad's conquests.

Hittite EmpireEdit

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

Neo-Assyrian EmpireEdit

Seleucid EmpireEdit

French Mandate of SyriaEdit

Syrian Arab RepublicEdit

TurkeyEdit

Hittite EmpireEdit

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

Kingdom of DiaokhiEdit

Lydian EmpireEdit

Achaemenid EmpireEdit

Macedonian EmpireEdit

 
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 EmpireEdit

Roman RepublicEdit

 
Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

Kingdom of PontusEdit

Roman EmpireEdit

Byzantine EmpireEdit

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

Seljuq EmpireEdit

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

Sultanate of RumEdit

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

Latin EmpireEdit

Ottoman EmpireEdit

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

Republic of TurkeyEdit

Central AsiaEdit

AfghanistanEdit

GhaznavidsEdit

Afghan Empires and the Great GameEdit

Russian EmpireEdit

Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsEdit

KazakhstanEdit

KyrgyzstanEdit

TajikistanEdit

DayuanEdit

 
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.

TajikistanEdit

TurkmenistanEdit

UzbekistanEdit

SogdiaEdit

 
Sogdia, c. 300 BC.

Greco-Bactrian KingdomEdit

Yuezhi KingdomEdit

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

Indo-Greek KingdomEdit

Kushan EmpireEdit

Rouran KhaganateEdit

Göktürk KhaganateEdit

Khwarazmian dynastyEdit

Mongol EmpireEdit

Timurid dynastyEdit

Zunghar KhanateEdit

Russian EmpireEdit

Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsEdit

Russian EmpireEdit

Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsEdit

East AsiaEdit

ChinaEdit

Longshan cultureEdit

Xia dynastyEdit

Shang dynastyEdit

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

Zhou dynastyEdit

Qin dynastyEdit

 
Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.

Han dynastyEdit

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

Wei dynastyEdit

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

Jìn dynastyEdit

Liu Song dynastyEdit

Sui dynastyEdit

Tang dynastyEdit

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

Song dynastyEdit

Liao dynastyEdit

Jin dynastyEdit

Yuan dynastyEdit

 
Yuan dynasty in 1294

Ming dynastyEdit

Qing dynastyEdit

 
The Qing Empire in 1890

Republic of ChinaEdit

People's Republic of ChinaEdit

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

JapanEdit

KoreaEdit

MongoliaEdit

XiongnuEdit

Rouran KhaganateEdit

Turkic KhaganateEdit

 
Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE

Uyghur KhaganateEdit

Mongol EmpireEdit

Golden HordeEdit

Taiwan (Republic of China)Edit

South AsiaEdit

BangladeshEdit

People's Republic of BangladeshEdit

BhutanEdit

IndiaEdit

BharathvarshaEdit

BharatEdit

Kingdom of MagadhaEdit

Maurya EmpireEdit

Indo-Scythian KingdomEdit

Gupta EmpireEdit

Empire of HarshaEdit

Delhi SultanateEdit

Vijaynagara EmpireEdit

1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts

Mughal EmpireEdit

Maratha EmpireEdit

Sikh EmpireEdit

Company rule in IndiaEdit

British RajEdit

Dominion of IndiaEdit

Republic of IndiaEdit

NepalEdit

PakistanEdit

Sri LankaEdit

Southeast AsiaEdit

Burma (Myanmar)Edit

CambodiaEdit

Kingdom of FunanEdit

Chenla KingdomEdit

Khmer EmpireEdit

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

French IndochinaEdit

IndonesiaEdit

LaosEdit

MalaysiaEdit

PhilippinesEdit

Thai Cambodia border Conflict

ThailandEdit

VietnamEdit

Asia-PacificEdit

North AsiaEdit

RussiaEdit

Grand Duchy of MoscowEdit

Tsardom of RussiaEdit

 
Territory of Muscovy / Russia in Template:Legend0 1500, Template:Legend0 1600 and Template:Legend0 1700.

Russian EmpireEdit

 
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 RepublicEdit

Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsEdit

Russian FederationEdit

  • 1991-ongoing Kuril Islands dispute
  • (1994-1996),(1999-2010) Chechen Wars
  • (2022- present) Russia Invaded Ukraine

Chronological list of warsEdit

20th centuryEdit

21st centuryEdit

See alsoEdit

Template:Lists of wars by date

Template:Middle East conflicts

Template:Post-Cold War Asian conflicts Template:Ongoing military conflicts