List of conflicts in the Near East

Ancient Near East conflicts

Bronze Age

• Ancient Egypt conflicts
• *Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
• **c. 3100 BC Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
• *Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
• **1580–1550 BC Hyksos-Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt wars in Lower Egypt
• *New Kingdom of Egypt
• **1550/1549-1531 BC Conquest of Hyksos-ruled Lower Egypt by Ahmose I of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
• **c.1537 BCE Ahmose I's campaigns to Syria and Nubia
• **16 April 1457 BC Battle of Megiddo – a battle between Ancient Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition
• Ancient Mesopotamia conflicts
• *Early Dynastic Period of Sumer
• **c. 2500 BC Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam
• **c. 2500 BC Aga of Kish, the son of Enmebaragesi of Kish, besieged Uruk
• **c. 2500 BC Enmerkar of Uruk's year-long siege of Aratta
• **c. 2500 BC Dumuzid of Uruk captured Enmebaragesi of Kish single-handed
• **c. 2500 BC Enshakushanna of Uruk conquered Hamazi, Akkad, Kish, and Nippur, claiming hegemony over all of Sumer. Enshakushanna was succeeded in Uruk by Lugal-kinishe-dudu, but the hegemony seems to have passed to Eannatum of Lagash for a time
• **c. 2500 BC Eannatum of Lagash conquered all of Sumer, including Ur, Nippur, Akshak, Larsa, and Uruk
• **c. 2500 BC En-anna-tum I of Lagash succeeded his brother Eannatum and defended Lagash against Ur-Lumma of Umma
• **c. 2500 BC 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
• **c. 2500 BC Lugal-Anne-Mundu of Adab subjected the "Four-Quarters" of the world – i.e., the entire Fertile Crescent region, from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains
• **c. 2295 BC – 2271 BC Lugal-zage-si of Umma conquered several of the Sumerian city-states – including Kish, where he overthrew Ur-Zababa; Lagash, where he overthrew Urukagina; Ur, Nippur, and Larsa; as well as Uruk
• *Akkadian Empire
• **c. 2270 BC Sargon of Akkad established a vast empire which is thought to have included large parts of Mesopotamia, and included parts of modern-day Iran, Asia Minor and Syria
• ***Conquest of Elam
• ***2271 BC Battle of Uruk
• ***Syria and Canaan campaigns
• ***Akkadian conquest of Ebla
• ***Magan revolt
• ***Lullubi campaign of Naram-sin
• *Gutian period
• **c. 2150 BC Gutian attacks on the Akkadian Empire
• *Fifth Dynasty of Uruk
• **c. 2055 BC – 2048 BC After defeating the Gutian with the aid of other cities, Utu-hengal of Uruk established himself as the king of Sumer
• ***c. 2050 BC Defeat of Tirigan, the last Gutian ruler in Sumer
• *Third Dynasty of Ur
• **c. 2047 BC – 2030 BC Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash
• **c. 1940 BC Elamite Sack of Ur
• *First Babylonian Dynasty
• **c. 1830 BC – 1817 BC The Amorite chieftain Sumu-abum won independence from the city-state Kazallu
• **c. 1752 BC – 1730 BC Damiq-ilishu of Isin, the last king mentioned in the Sumerian King List, is defeated by Sin-Muballit of Babylon
• **c. 1728 BC – 1686 BC Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms
• *Kassite period
• **c. 1531 BC Fall of Babylon
• **c. 1507 BC Kassite attacks on Babylon
• Ancient Levant conflicts
• *c. 2000 BC Battle of Siddim
• *Israelite Campaigns
• **Early Israelite campaigns
• ***1400 BC Battle of Ai
• ***Battle of Hazor
• ***Battle of Jericho
• ***Lachish
• ***Battle of the Waters of Merom
• Ancient Anatolia conflicts
• *c. 2492 BC Battle between Haik and Nimrod
• *1650 BC – 1600 BC Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
• *1430 BC – 1350 BC Kaska invasions of Hatti

  Early Iron Age

• Ancient Egypt conflicts
• *1279 BC – 1213 BC Ramesses II campaigns in the Near East
• **First Syrian campaign
• **Second Syrian campaign
• ***1274 BC Battle of Kadesh
• **Third Syrian campaign
• *Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
• **925 BC Sack of Jerusalem
• **727 BC Kushite Invasion to Egypt
• **609 BC Battle of Megiddo – a battle between the Kingdom of Egypt and the Kingdom of Judah
• Ancient Anatolia conflicts
• *1260 BC – 1240 BC Trojan War
• Ancient Mesopotamia conflicts
• *Kassite period
• **c. 1232 BC – 1225 BC Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeated Kashtiliash IV, the Kassite king of Babylon and captured the city of Babylon to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia
• **c. 1157 BC – 1155 BC Enlil-nadin-ahi, the final king of the Kassite dynasty that had ruled over Babylon, was defeated by Kutir-Nahhunte of Elam, the successor of Shutruk-Nakhunte
• *Fourth Babylonian Dynasty
• **c. 1125 BC – 1104 BC Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's War with Elam
• Israelite Campaigns
• *Later Israelite Campaigns
• **1000 BC Siege of Jebus
• Assyrian campaigns
• *853 BC Battle of Qarqar
• *721 BC Assyrian conquest of Israel
• *Second Assyrian invasion to Southern Levant
• **701 BC Siege of Lachish
• **701 BC Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib
• *693 BC Battle of Diyala River
• *693 BC Siege of Babylon
• *626 BC Revolt of Babylon
• Neo-Babylonian campaigns
• *612 BC Battle of Nineveh
• *605 BC Battle of Carchemish – a battle between the Kingdom of Egypt and Assyrian allies against the Neo-Babylonian Empire
• * Jewish–Babylonian war
• **597 BC Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
• **587 BC Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
• Median campaigns
• *28 May 585 BC Battle of Halys
• Achaemenid conquests of Cyrus the Great
• *552 BC Persian Revolt
• *552 BC Battle of Hyrba
• *551 BC Battle of the Persian Border
• *550 BC Battle of Pasargadae
• *547 BC Battle of Pteria
• *547 BC Battle of Thymbra
• *547 BC Siege of Sardis
• *539 BC Battle of Opis

  Classic antiquity conflicts

Greco-Persian domination

• Ionian Revolt 499–493 BC
• First Persian invasion of Greece 492–490 BC
• Egyptian Revolt 486 BC
• Second Persian invasion of Greece 480–478 BC
• Wars of Delian League 477–449 BC
• Wars of the Diadochi 322–275 BC
• Syrian Wars 274–168 BC
• *First Syrian War
• *Second Syrian War
• *Third Syrian War
• *Fourth Syrian War
• *Fifth Syrian War
• *Sixth Syrian War
• Seleucid–Parthian wars 238–129 BC
• Roman–Syrian War 192–188 BC
• Maccabean Revolt 167–160 BC

  Roman, Parthian and Sassanid domination

• Mithridatic Wars 88–63 BC
• *First Mithridatic War 88–84 BC
• *Second Mithridatic War 83–81 BC
• *Third Mithridatic War 75–63 BC
• **Hasmonean Civil War
• ***Siege of Jerusalem
• Roman–Parthian Wars
• *Crassus invasion to Mesopotamia 53 BCE
• **Battle of Carrhae
• *Antony's Parthian War
• **Battle of Mount Gindarus
• **Siege of Jerusalem 37 BC
• **Antropatene campaign
• **Armenian campaign
• *Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 AD
• *Battle of Nisibis
• Aelius Gallus campaign in Arabia 24 BC
• Alexandria pogroms 38 AD
• Jewish–Roman wars 66–136 AD
• *Great Revolt of Judea 67–70 AD
• *Kitos War 117–119 AD
• *Bar Kokhba Revolt 132–136 AD
• Roman-Sassanid Wars
• *Battle of Antioch
• *Ardashir's raid of Mesopotamia 230–232 AD
• *Ardashir's second raid of Mesopotamia 237–240 AD
• *Battle of Resaena 243 AD
• *Battle of Misiche 244 AD
• *Battle of Barbalissos
• *Battle of Edessa 259
• *Siege of Singara 344
• *Siege of Amida 359
• *Battle of Ctesiphon
• *Battle of Samarra 363 AD
• Uprising of Syrian Legion 232 AD
• Palmyrene revolt 272
• *Battle of Immae
• *Battle of Emesa
• Battle of Callinicum 296
• Jewish revolt against Gallus 351–352
• Isauria rebellion of 404
• Byzantine–Sasanian wars 421–628
• *Roman–Sasanian War
• *Anastasian War
• *Iberian War
• **Battle of Callinicum 531
• *Roman–Persian War of 572–591
• *Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
• **Antioch riots 610
• **Battle of Antioch
• **Jewish revolt against Heraclius 610-28
• ***Siege of Jerusalem
• **Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor
• **Sassanid conquest of Egypt 618–621
• **Battle of Issus
• **Byzantine assault on Persia 624-25
• **Siege of Constantinople
• **Third Perso-Turkic War
• **Battle of Nineveh
• Samaritan Revolts
• *Samaritan revolt against Zeno 484
• *Revolt against Anastasius I
• *Third Samaritan revolt 529–531
• *Fourth Samaritan Revolt 555–572
• Mazdak revolt in Persia 524
• Nika riots in Constantinople 532
• Battle of Dhi Qar – tribal rebellion in Sasanian Persia

  Medieval conflicts

• Muslim conquests
• *Ridda wars 632–633
• *Muslim conquest of the Levant
• **Battle of Yarmouk 636
• *Arab conquest of Armenia
• *Muslim conquest of Egypt
• *Umayyad conquest of North Africa
• *Muslim conquest of Persia
• **First invasion of Mesopotamia
• **Second invasion of Mesopotamia
• ***Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
• **Battle of Nahāvand
• **Persian Rebellion 649-51
• *Arab- Turgesh wars
• **Day of Thirst in 724
• **Battle of the Defile in 731
• *Arab–Khazar wars
• Abbasid Caliphate conflicts
• *Abbasid revolt
• **Battle of the Zab 750
• *Arab–Byzantine wars 780–1180
• **Battle of Krasos 804/5
• **Battle of Anzen 838
• **Sack of Amorium 838
• **Sack of Damietta
• **Battle of Lalakaon 863
• **John Kourkouas' campaigns
• ***First Melitene campaign and conquest of Kalikala 926–930
• ***Second Malitene campaign 931–934
• **Sayf al-Dawla campaigns
• ***Conquest of Aleppo 944
• ***Battle of Marash
• ***Battle of Raban 958
• ***Battle of Andrasos 960
• ***Siege of Aleppo 962
• ***Siege of Aleppo 964
• *Mudhar-Yamani conflict 793-96
• Byzantine-Paulician Wars
• *Battle of Bathys Ryax 872
• Persian Zoroastrian Revolts 8th–9th centuries
• *Behavarid revolt in Persia 8th century
• *Babak's revolt 816-37
• **Ahmad ibn al Junayd's campaign 823-24
• **Muhammad ibn Humayd Tusi's campaign 827-29
• **Afshin's campaign 835-837/838
• *Maziar revolt 839
• Byzantine–Seljuq wars 1048–1308
• *Battle of Manzikert 1071
• Crusades
• *People's Crusade 1095–96
• *First Crusade 1099
• **Battle of Ascalon 1099
• **Crusade of 1101
• **Battle of Ager Sanguinis 1119
• **Battle of Azaz 1125
• *Second Crusade 1145–49
• **Battle of Inab 1149
• *Baldwin's campaigns
• **Siege of Ascalon
• **Crusader invasions of Egypt 1154–69
• ***Battle of al-Babein
• *Third Crusade 1189–92
• **Siege of Acre
• *Livonian Crusade
• *German Crusade
• *Fourth Crusade
• *Children's Crusade
• *Fifth Crusade
• *Sixth Crusade
• *Seventh Crusade
• *Shepherds' Crusade
• *Eighth Crusade
• *Ninth Crusade
• *Shepherds' Crusade
• Saladin's campaigns
• *Egyptian revolt 1169
• *Darum Siege 1170
• *Yemen conquest 1174
• *Battle of Hama 1175
• *Capture of Damascus 1174
• *Battle of Jacob's Ford 1179
• *Fight for Mosul 1182
• *Battle of Al-Fule
• *Siege of Kerak 1183
• *Battle of Cresson 1187
• *Battle of Hattin 1187
• *Siege of Jerusalem
• Mongol invasions to Middle East 13th century.
• *Battle of Köse Dağ 1243
• *Siege of Baghdad
• *Hulagu Khan's conquest of Syria 1260
• **Sack of Sidon 1260
• **Siege of Aleppo
• **Battle of Ain Jalut 1260
• **First Battle of Homs 1260
• *Battle of Albistan 1277
• *Second Battle of Homs 1281
• *Mongol raids into Bilad al-Sham 1299–1300
• **Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar 1299
• Timur Conquests
• *Battle of Ankara 1402
• Ottoman Interregnum 1402–1413
• Sheikh Bedreddin revolt 1416
• Byzantine–Ottoman Wars 1265–1453
• * 1265–1328
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• **Siege of Nicaea
• **Siege of Nicomedia 1333–1337
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• *Ottoman campaign on Constantinopolis 1424–1453

  Ottoman period conflicts 1453–1918

Ottoman expansion

• Yazidi uprising against Safavids 1506–1510
• Şahkulu Rebellion 1511

  Ottoman Empire period conflicts

• Ottoman–Persian Wars 16th–19th centuries
• *Battle of Chaldiran 1514
• *Ottoman–Safavid War
• *Ottoman–Safavid War
• *Ottoman–Safavid War
• **Battle of DimDim 1609–10
• *Ottoman–Safavid War
• **Abaza rebellion
• *Ottoman–Persian War
• *Ottoman–Persian War
• *Ottoman–Persian War
• *Ottoman–Persian War
• Jelali revolts 1519–1659
• Conflicts between the Ottomans and the Druze of Mount Lebanon
• *Battle of Majdel Anjar 1622
• *1633 conflict
• *1642 conflict
• *1660 conflict
• *1683–1699 conflict
• *Battle of Ain Darra 1711
• Cretan War
• *Atmeydanı Incident
• *Çınar Incident 1656
• Edirne revolt 1703
• 1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain
• Patrona Halil uprising 1730
• Zahir al-Umar Revolt 1742–1743
• Ali Bey Al-Kabir Revolt 1769–1772
• Bajalan uprising 1775
• French campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798–1801
• *Cairo revolt 1798
• *Battle of the Nile
• *Siege of Jaffa
• *Battle of Mount Tabor
• *Siege of Acre
• Baban uprising 1806–1808
• Ottoman coups of 1807–08
• *Kabakçı Mustafa revolt
• Muhammad Ali's campaigns
• *Muhammad Ali's seizure of power 1803–07
• *Fraser campaign
• *Ottoman–Saudi War 1811–18
• *Egyptian–Ottoman War
• *Syrian Peasant revolts
• **Sidon Eyalet revolt
• **Palestine and Transjordan revolt 1834
• **Alawite revolt
• *1838 Druze revolt
• *Egyptian–Ottoman War
• Russo-Persian War
• Cizre uprising 1829
• Atçalı Kel Mehmet revolt 1829–30
• Prince Mohammad of Soran uprising 1833
• Yezidi uprising 1837
• Sîncar uprising 1837

  Ottoman Tanzimat period

• First Botan uprising 1843
• Bedr Khan Bey uprising 1843
• Culemerg uprising 1843
• Bedirhan Bey uprising 1847
• Massacre of Aleppo
• Yezdan Sher uprising 1855
• 1860 Druze–Maronite conflict
• *French expedition in Syria 1860–61
• Qatari–Bahraini War 1867–68
• Russo-Turkish War
• Urabi Revolt 1879–82
• Shaykh 'Ubaydullah of Nehri and Shemdinan uprising 1880–1881
• Royal Civil War in Arabia 1887–91
• *Battle of Mulayda 1891
• 1892 Tobacco Rebellion
• Hamidian massacres 1894–96
• *Zeitun Rebellion
• Unification of Saudi Arabia
• *Saudi–Rashidi War 1903–06
• Persian Constitutional Revolution 1908–09
• Young Turk Revolution 1908–09
• *31 March Incident 1909
• *Countercoup
• Adana massacre 1909
• Hauran Druze Rebellion 1909
• Zaraniq rebellion 1909–1910
• 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
• Middle Eastern theatre of World War I 1914–1918
• *Sinai and Palestine Campaign
• *Mesopotamian campaign
• *Caucasus Campaign
• *Persian Campaign
• *Gallipoli Campaign
• *North African Campaign
• *Arab Revolt
• *Armenian Genocide
• *Assyrian genocide
• *1st Dersim rebellion

  Post-Ottoman era conflicts