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List of wars: before 1000

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This is a list of wars that began before 1000 AD. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

References

[1]
"Before the Pharaohs: Ancient Egypt Was Ruled by a Scorpion King, Reveals Ancient Text". Curiosmos. April 3, 2019.
[2]
Gardiner, Alan (1961). Egypt of the Pharoahs. Oxford University Press.
[3]
W. M. Flinders Petrie: The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties 1901, Part II, London 1901, Taf. XI,1
[4]
Peter Kaplony: „Er ist ein Liebling der Frauen“ – Ein „neuer“ König und eine neue Theorie zu den Kronprinzen sowie zu den Staatsgöttinnen (Kronengöttinnen) der 1./2. Dynastie. In: Manfred Bietak: Ägypten und Levante. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2006 ISBN 978-3-7001-6668-9; page 126–127.
[5]
Dietrich Wildung: Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt. page 36–41.
[6]
Wolfgang Helck: Untersuchungen zur Thinitenzeit. (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02677-4; page 117
[7]
Frayne, Douglas R, "KIŠ", in Presargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC), The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Vol 1, pp. 49-60, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008 ISBN 9780802035868
[8]
Sherman Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore p.201
[9]
An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, p. 144
[10]
The Complete Royal Families, p. 50
[11]
Van De Mieroop, Marc (2004). A History of the Ancient Near East: Ca. 3000-323 BC. Wiley. pp. 50–51. ISBN 9780631225522.
[12]
"Enanatum I". Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Oxford University.
[13]
Haldar, Alfred (1971). Who Were the Amorites?. Brill Archive. p. 9.
[14]
"CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
[15]
Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo (2015). History & Philology (PDF). Walther Sallaberger & Ingo Schrakamp (eds), Brepols. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-2-503-53494-7.
[16]
"Middle East & Africa to 1875". Sanderson Beck. 1998–2004. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
[17]
Crawford, Harriet E.W. Sumer and the Sumerians. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-53338-4. Page 33.
[18]
Samuel Noah Kramer, The Sumerians, Chicago University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-226-45238-7
[19]
Frayne, Douglas. Sargonic and Gutian Periods. p. 22.
[20]
Sicker, Martin (2000). The Pre-Islamic Middle East. p. 19.
[21]
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2017). A History of Babylon: 2200 BC–AD 75. Wiley Blackwell. p. 75. ISBN 9781405188999.
[22]
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2004). Hammurabi King of Babylon: a Biography. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-405-12660-1.
[23]
Van De Mieroop, Marc (2005). King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405126601.
[24]
Bryce, Trevor R., (2018). "The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I", in Gephyra 16, November 2018, pp. 1-12.
[25]
Lee, Yun Kuen (2002). "Building the Chronology of Early Chinese History". Asian Perspectives. 41 (1): 15–42. doi:10.1353/asi.2002.0006. hdl:10125/17161. ISSN 1535-8283.
[26]
Orrieux, Claude. 1999. A History Of Ancient Greece. Wiley, p. 256, ISBN 0-631-20309-5.

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[1] [1]
"Before the Pharaohs: Ancient Egypt Was Ruled by a Scorpion King, Reveals Ancient Text". Curiosmos. April 3, 2019.

[2] [2]
Gardiner, Alan (1961). Egypt of the Pharoahs. Oxford University Press.

[3] [3]
W. M. Flinders Petrie: The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties 1901, Part II, London 1901, Taf. XI,1

[PeKa-4] [4]
Peter Kaplony: „Er ist ein Liebling der Frauen“ – Ein „neuer“ König und eine neue Theorie zu den Kronprinzen sowie zu den Staatsgöttinnen (Kronengöttinnen) der 1./2. Dynastie. In: Manfred Bietak: Ägypten und Levante. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2006 ISBN 978-3-7001-6668-9; page 126–127.

[5] [5]
Dietrich Wildung: Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt. page 36–41.

[WoHe-6] [6]
Wolfgang Helck: Untersuchungen zur Thinitenzeit. (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02677-4; page 117

[RIME1-7] [7]
Frayne, Douglas R, "KIŠ", in Presargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC), The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Vol 1, pp. 49-60, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008 ISBN 9780802035868

[8] [8]
Sherman Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore p.201

[Ancient_Egypt_pg._144-9] [9]
An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, p. 144

[10] [10]
The Complete Royal Families, p. 50

[HANEA-11] [11]
Van De Mieroop, Marc (2004). A History of the Ancient Near East: Ca. 3000-323 BC. Wiley. pp. 50–51. ISBN 9780631225522.

[CGLI-12] [12]
"Enanatum I". Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Oxford University.

[13] [13]
Haldar, Alfred (1971). Who Were the Amorites?. Brill Archive. p. 9.

[14] [14]
"CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.

[WS77-15] [15]
Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo (2015). History & Philology (PDF). Walther Sallaberger & Ingo Schrakamp (eds), Brepols. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-2-503-53494-7.

[16] [16]
"Middle East & Africa to 1875". Sanderson Beck. 1998–2004. Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[Crawford-17] [17]
Crawford, Harriet E.W. Sumer and the Sumerians. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-53338-4. Page 33.

[18] [18]
Samuel Noah Kramer, The Sumerians, Chicago University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-226-45238-7

[DF22-19] [19]
Frayne, Douglas. Sargonic and Gutian Periods. p. 22.

[20] [20]
Sicker, Martin (2000). The Pre-Islamic Middle East. p. 19.

[:3-21] [21]
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2017). A History of Babylon: 2200 BC–AD 75. Wiley Blackwell. p. 75. ISBN 9781405188999.

[22] [22]
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2004). Hammurabi King of Babylon: a Biography. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-405-12660-1.

[:0-23] [23]
Van De Mieroop, Marc (2005). King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405126601.

[Bryce-24] [24]
Bryce, Trevor R., (2018). "The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I", in Gephyra 16, November 2018, pp. 1-12.

[25] [25]
Lee, Yun Kuen (2002). "Building the Chronology of Early Chinese History". Asian Perspectives. 41 (1): 15–42. doi:10.1353/asi.2002.0006. hdl:10125/17161. ISSN 1535-8283.

[26] [26]
Orrieux, Claude. 1999. A History Of Ancient Greece. Wiley, p. 256, ISBN 0-631-20309-5.

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Early estimate	Late estimate	Location	Participants
17000 BC	15000 BC	Wadi Kubbaniya	?
16650 BC	11450 BC	Jebel Sahaba	Qadan culture?
8550 BC	7550 BC	Nataruk	Unknown
c. 8000 BC		Arnhem Land	Aboriginal Australians
8000 BC	3500 BC	Iberian Mediterranean Basin Morella la Vella Les Dogue Val del Charco del Agua Amarga	Unknown
5207 BC	4849 BC	Schöneck-Kilianstädten	Linear Pottery culture
c. 5000 BC		Talheim
c. 5000 BC		Schletz
c. 3500 BC		Hamoukar	Uruk?
3359 BC	3105 BC	Ötztal Alps	Unknown

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious	Defeated
c. 3400 BC - 3100 BC		Enmerkar's campaigns against Aratta*	Uruk under Enmerkar	Aratta
c. 3250 BC	c. 3250 BC	Unification of Upper Egypt*^[1]	Thinite Confederacy under Scorpion I	Rival city-states of Upper Egypt, incl. Taurus (Bull)
c. 3100 BC	c. 3100 BC	Upper Egypt annexation of Lower Egypt*^[2]	Upper Egypt under Narmer	Lower Egypt under Wash
c. 3100 BC	c. 3100 BC	Hor-Aha's Nubia Campaign*^[3]	Egypt	Nubia
c. 2900 BC	c. 2900 BC	Civil war between Horus Bird and Sneferka^[4]^[5]^[6]	Reconciliation under Hotepsekhemwy
c. 2900 BC – 2700 BC	c. 2900 BC – 2700 BC	Kish-Elam War*^[7]	Kish	Elam
c. 2600 BC	c. 2600 BC	Aga's Siege of Uruk^[8]	Uruk under Gilgamesh	Kish under Aga
c. 2600 BC	c. 2600 BC	Campaigns of Sneferu^[9]^[10]	Egypt	Nubia Libya Levant
c. 2500 BC	c. 2350 BC	Campaigns of Enshakushanna	Uruk	Hamazi Akkad Kish Nippur
c. 2500 BC	c. 2400 BC	Campaigns of Eannatum^[11]	Lagash	Ur Uruk Larsa Nippur Akshak Umma and others
c. 2450 BC	c. 2450 BC	Umma's first war of independence*^[12]	Lagash	Umma
c. 2400 BC	c. 2300 BC	Lugal-Anne-Mundu's campaign on Ur^[13]^[14]	Adab	Ur
c. 2400 BC	c. 2400 BC	Umma's second war of independence^[15]	Lagash Uruk	Umma
c. 2350 BC	c. 2350 BC	Campaigns of Lugal-zage-si^[16]^[17]	Umma	Kish Lagash Ur Nippur Larsa Uruk
Late 24th century BC		Formation of the Akkadian Empire^[18]	Akkad Kish (after being conquered)	Kish (before being conquered) Lagash Uruk Umma Ur Kazallu
Early 23rd century BC		Sargon's campaigns northeast of the Akkadian Empire	Akkadian Empire	Mari Yarmuti Ebla
Early 23rd century BC		Sargon's invasion of Elam^[19]	Akkadian Empire	Elam Susa Marhasi
c. 2230 BC	c. 2230 BC	Naram-Sin's campaign on the Lullubi	Akkadian Empire	Lullubi
c. 2220 BC	c. 2150 BC	Gutian raids and conquests in the Akkadian Empire	Gutium	Akkadian Empire
c. 2100 BC	c. 2100 BC	Gutian conquest of Elam^[20]	Gutium	Elam
c. 2119 BC	c. 2119 BC	Fall of the Gutian dynasty	Uruk	Gutium
c. 2112 BC	c. 2112 BC	Ur-Nammu's conquest of Lagash	Neo-Sumerian Empire	Lagash
c. 2004 BC	c. 2004 BC	Fall of the Neo-Sumerian Empire	Elam Susa	Neo-Sumerian Empire
c. 2000 BC	c. 2000 BC	War in Persenbet	Segerseni	Unclear
c. 1822 BC	c. 1763 BC	Campaigns of Rim-Sin I	Larsa	Uruk Isin Der Babylon Sutum Rapiqum
c. 1801 BC	c. 1770 BC	Elam's Invasion into Mesopotamia^[21]^[22]	Elam Babylon Mari	Eshnunna Minor city states
c. 1770 BC	c. 1763 BC	Elamite attack on Babylon^[23]	Babylon Larsa	Elam
c. 1763 BC	c. 1763 BC	Hammurabi's Conquest on Larsa^[23]	Babylon Yamhad Mari	Larsa
c. 1760 BC	c. 1760 BC	Hammurabi's Conquests in the North^[23]	Babylon	Mari Minor city states
c. 1760 BC	c. 1760 BC	Hammurabi's War with Assyria^[23]	Babylon Minor city states	Assyria Minor city states
c. 1740 BC	c. 1570 BC	Kassite invasions into Babylon	Kassites	Babylon Remnants of the Babylonian Empire (after c. 1595 BC)
c. 1732 BC	c. 1732 BC	Puzur-Sin's Uprising	Assyria	Amorites Babylon
c. 1732 BC	c. 1726 or 1720 BC	Assyrian Civil War	Troops of Adasi	Troops of Puzur-Sin Troops of Ashur-apla-idi Troops of Nasir-Sin Troops of Sin-namir Troops of Ipqi-Ishtar Troops of Adad-salulu Amorites Babylon
c. 1732 BC	c. 1732 BC	Foundation of the Sealand dynasty	Troops of Ilum-ma-ili	Babylon
c. 1700 BC	c. 1700 BC	Babylonian Attack on the Sealand Dynasty	Sealand dynasty	Babylon
c. 1650 BC	c. 1620 BC	Campaigns of Hattusili I^[24]	Hittite Empire	Alalakh Arzawa Hurrians Smaller Syrian city states
c. 1600 BC	c. 1600 BC	Xia–Shang War^[25]	Shang Rebel Forces	Xia dynasty
c. 1600 BC	c. 1595 BC	Campaigns of Mursili I	Hittite Empire	Yamhad Babylon Smaller Syrian city states
c. 1595 BC	c. 1595 BC	Sack of Babylon	Hittite Empire	Babylon
c. 1523 BC	c. 1517 BC	Conquest of the Hyksos	Egypt	Hyksos
c. 1506 BC	c. 1502 BC	Campaigns of Thutmose I	Egyptian Empire	Nubia
c. 1493 BC	before c. 1479 BC	Campaigns of Thutmose II	Egyptian Empire	Nubia Shasu
c. 1457 BC	c. 1456 BC	Thutmose III's First Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Canaan Kadesh Megiddo Mitanni
c. 1456 BC	c. 1455 BC	Thutmose III's Second Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Canaan Retjenu
c. 1455 BC	c. 1454 BC	Thutmose III's Third Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Canaan Retjenu
c. 1454 BC	c. 1453 BC	Thutmose III's Fourth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Canaan Retjenu
c. 1450 BC	c. 1449 BC	Thutmose III's Fifth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Canaan Retjenu Kadesh Tunip Phoenicia
c. 1449 BC	c. 1448 BC	Thutmose III's Sixth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Byblos Retjenu Kadesh
c. 1448 BC	c. 1447 BC	Thutmose III's Seventh Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Retjenu Phoenicia
c. 1447 BC	c. 1446 BC	Thutmose III's Attack on Mitanni (Eighth Syria Campaign)*	Egyptian Empire	Mitanni
c. 1445 BC	c. 1444 BC	Thutmose III's Ninth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Nuhašše
c. 1444 BC	c. 1443 BC	Thutmose III's Tenth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Mitanni
c. 1443 BC	c. 1442 BC	Thutmose III's Eleventh Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Unknown
c. 1442 BC	c. 1441 BC	Thutmose III's Twelfth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Unknown
c. 1441 BC	c. 1440 BC	Thutmose III's Thirteenth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Nuhašše
c. 1440 BC	c. 1439 BC	Thutmose III's Fourteenth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Shasu
c. 1439 BC	c. 1438 BC	Thutmose III's Fifteenth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Unknown
c. 1438 BC	c. 1437 BC	Thutmose III's Sixteenth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Unknown
c. 1437 BC	c. 1436 BC	Thutmose III's Seventeenth Syria Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Mitanni Tunip Kadesh
c. 1430 BC	c. 1200 BC	Kaska invasions into the Hittite Empire	Hittite Empire	Kaska Azzi-Hayasa Mushki
c. 1429 BC	c. 1428 BC	Thutmose III's Nubian Campaign*	Egyptian Empire	Nubia
c. 14th century BC		Battle of the Ten Kings	Trtsu-Bharata	Alina Anu Bhrigus Bhalanas Dasa Druhyus Mātsyeyas Persians Puru Panis
c. 1315 BC	c. 1315 BC	Arzawa Revolt	Arzawa Ahhiyawa	Hittite Empire
c. 1279 BC	c. 1213 BC	Wars of Ramesses II	Egypt
c. 1278 BC	c. 1278 BC	Battle against Sherden sea pirates Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	Egypt	Shardana Lukka peoples Shekelesh peoples
c. 1276 BC	c. 1275 BC	First Syrian Campaign Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	Egypt	Canaan Amurru kingdom
c. 1274 BC	c. 1274 BC	Second Syrian campaign Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	Hittite Empire	New Kingdom of Egypt
c. 1270 BC	c. 1270 BC	Third Syrian Campaign Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	Egypt	Hittite Empire
c. 1270 BC	c. 1269 BC	Later campaigns in Syria Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	New Kingdom of Egypt	Hittite Empire
c. 1260 BC	c. 1260 BC	Campaigns in Nubia Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	Egypt	Nubia
c. 1260 BC	c. 1255 BC	Piyama-Radu Revolt	Piyama-Radu Ahhiyawa	Hittite Empire
c. 1250 BC	c. 1250 BC	Campaigns in Libya Part of the Wars of Ramesses II	Egypt	Libya
c. 1237 BC	c. 1237 BC	Battle of Nihriya	Assyria	Hittite Empire
c. 1235 BC	c. 1235 BC	Babylonian–Assyrian War of 1235 BCE	Assyria	Babylonia
c. 1206 BC	c. 1150 BC	Late Bronze Age collapse	Sea peoples	Hittites New Kingdom of Egypt Mycenaean Greece
c. 1203 BC	c. 1187 BC	Wars of succession in 19th Dynasty Egypt	Setnakhte	Amenmesse, Seti II and Tausret
c. 1194 BC	c. 1184 BC	Trojan War	Achaeans (mainly Mycenaens and Spartans)	Troy
c. 1190 BC	c. 1190 BC	Destruction of Ugarit Part of the Late Bronze Age collapse	Unknown (probably the Sea Peoples)	Ugarit
c. 1175 BC	c. 1175 BC	Battle of the Delta Part of the Late Bronze Age collapse	Egypt	Sea Peoples
c. 1118 BC	c. 1118 BC	Diauehi-Assyrian war	Assyria	Diauehi
c. 1110 BC	c. 1110 BC	Babylonian War with Elam	Babylonia	Elam
c. 1050 BC	c. 1050 BC	Kurukshetra war	Forces of Pandavas under Yudhishthira	Forces of Kauravas under Duryodhana
c. 1046 BC	c. 1046 BC	Shang–Zhou War	Zhou rebel forces	Shang dynasty
c. 1042 BC	c. 1039 BC	Rebellion of the Three Guards	King Cheng of Zhou	Shu Du of Cai

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious	Defeated
854 BC	846 BC	Assyrian conquest of Aram	Assyrian Empire	Aram
757 BC	723 BC	Colchis conquer Diauehi	Colchis	Diauehi
752 BC	752 BC	Wars with the Latins and the Sabines (for the Rape of the Sabine Women)	Roman Kingdom	Sabines
Between 753 and 716 BC (During the reign of Romulus)		Conquest of Cameria	Roman Kingdom	Cameria
Between 753 and 716 BC (During the reign of Romulus)		War with Fidenae and Veii	Roman Kingdom	Fidenae Veii
740 BC	720 BC	First Messenian War	Sparta	Messenia
736 BC	732 BC	Syro-Ephraimite War	Assyrian Empire Kingdom of Judah	Aram Kingdom of Israel
733 BC	733 BC	Pekah-Ahaz War [he]	Judah	Israel Edom Philistia
732 BC	before 721 BC	Nubian Conquest of Egypt	Nubia Upper Egypt Hermopolis	Middle Egypt Lower Egypt
725 BC	725 BC	Colchian-Scythian war	Colchis	Scythia Cimmerians
722 BC	481 BC	Wars of the Chinese Spring and Autumn period	Han Wei Zhao Qin Chu Qi Yan Those were the remaining major states	Smaller states (consumed by other states)
714 BC	after 706 BC	Urartu–Assyria War	Neo-Assyrian Empire	Urartu
710 BC	650 BC	Lelantine War	Eretria and allies	Chalcis and allies
703 BC	689 BC	Sennacherib's War with Babylon	Neo-Assyrian Empire	Babylonia Chaldea Aramaea Elam
701 BC	701 BC	Sennacherib's campaign in Judah	Kingdom of Judah Kushite Egypt	Neo-Assyrian Empire
685 BC	668 BC	Second Messenian War	Sparta Corinth Lepreo Cretan mercenaries	Messenia Arcadia Sicyon Elis Argos
Between 672 and 640 BC (During the reign of Tullus Hostilius)		Second War with Fidenae and Veii	Roman Kingdom	Fidenae Veii
		Second Sabine War	Roman Kingdom	Sabines
671 BC	after 664 BC	Esarhaddon's War against Egypt	Neo-Assyrian Empire	Egypt Kingdom of Kush
655 BC	639 BC	Assyrian conquest of Elam	Neo-Assyrian Empire	Elam
652 BC	648 or 646 BC	Shamash-shum-ukin's Civil War	Neo-Assyrian Empire	Assyrian Babylon Mesopotamian Sealands Elam Chaldea Guti Amurru kingdom Meluhha Arab tribes
643 BC	642 BC	War of Qi's succession	Faction of Prince Zhao	Faction of Prince Wukui Faction of Prince Pan Faction of Prince Shangren Faction of Prince Yuan Faction of Prince Yong (Qi) [zh] Supported by: Lu Beidi
642 BC	338 BC	Roman-Latin wars	Roman Kingdom Roman Republic	Latins
632 BC	632 BC	Cylonian Affair	Athens	Cylon of Athens Megara
626 BC	626 BC	Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)	Babylonia	Neo-Assyrian Empire
625 BC	615 BC	Lydian-Miletus war [ru]	Lydia	Miletus
614 BC	614 BC	Fall of Assur	Neo-Babylonian Empire Media	Neo-Assyrian Empire
c. 612 BC	c. 612 BC	Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)	Medes (including: Persians and Elamites) Scythians Neo-Babylonian Empire Chaldea Cimmerians	Neo-Assyrian Empire
610 BC	609 BC	Fall of Harran	Neo-Babylonian Empire Media	Neo-Assyrian Empire
c. 605 BC	c. 605 BC	Battle of Carchemish	Neo-Babylonian Empire	Egypt Remnants of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
601 BC	586 BC	Jewish–Babylonian war	Neo-Babylonian Empire Moab Ammon Chaldea	Kingdom of Judah
590 BC	585 BC	Median-Lydian war [ru] (Battle of the Eclipse)	Medes	Lydia
Before 588 BC		Tarquin the Elder's war with the Latins	Roman Kingdom	Latin League
595 BC	585 BC	First Sacred War	Amphictyonic League of Delphi, Sicyon	Kirrha
Before 585 BC	585 BC	Tarquin the Elder's war with the Sabines	Roman Kingdom	Sabines
between 560 BC and 540 BC	between 560 BC and 540 BC	Achaemenid Colchis war	Achaemenid Empire of Persia	Colchis
552 BC	539 BC	Wars of Cyrus the Great	Persis/Achaemenid Empire of Persia	Median Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire Lydian Empire Gandhara Empire Sogdiana
552 BC	550 BC	Persian Revolt Part of the Wars of Cyrus the Great	Persis	Median Empire
547 BC	547 BC	Cyrus' Conquest of the Lydian Empire Part of the Wars of Cyrus the Great	Achaemenid Empire of Persia	Lydia
540 BC	539 BC	Cyrus' Conquest of Elam Part of the Wars of Cyrus the Great	Achaemenid Empire of Persia	Elam
539 BC	539 BC	Cyrus' Conquest of Babylonia Part of the Wars of Cyrus the Great	Achaemenid Empire of Persia	Neo-Babylonian Empire
between 540 and 535 BC		Battle of Alalia	Carthage Etruscans	Greek Phocaean Colonies of Alalia
518 BC	518 BC	Achaemenid invasion of the Indus Valley	Achaemenid Empire of Persia	Haryanka dynasty
499 BC	494 BC	Ionian Revolt Part of the Persian Wars	Persia	Ionia Aeolis Doris Caria Athens Eretria Cyprus
499 BC	448 BC	Greco-Persian Wars	Greek city states: Athens Sparta Thespians Thebans Other Greek Forces Cyprus Delian League Other pro-Greek Forces	Achaemenid Empire of Persia Other pro-Persian Forces
498 BC	493 BC	Latin War (498–493 BC)	Roman Republic	Latin League
492 BC	490 BC	First Persian invasion of Greece Part of the Persian Wars	Persia	Ionia Aeolis Doris Caria Athens Eretria Cyprus
484 BC	484 BC	Babylonian revolts (484 BC)	Achaemenid Empire	Babylonian Cities
480 BC	479 BC	Second Persian invasion of Greece Part of the Persian Wars	Greek city states led by Athens and Sparta	Persian Empire
487 BC	448 BC	Greek counterattack Part of the Persian Wars	Greek city states led by Athens and Sparta	Persian Empire
480 BC	480 BC	First Sicilian campaign (Battle of Himera) Part of the Sicilian Wars	Syracuse Agrigentum	Carthage
477 BC	477 BC	Battle of the Cremera	Veii	Roman Republic
475 BC	221 BC	Wars of Warring States period in China	Seven Warring States	Seven Warring States
474 BC	474 BC	Battle of Cumae	Syracuse Cumae	Etruscans
464 BC	464 BC	Helot Revolt during the 464 BC Sparta earthquake	Sparta Peloponnesian League	Helots Perioeci
460 BC	445 BC	First Peloponnesian War	Delian League led by Athens,Argos	Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, Thebes
460 BC	454 BC	Rebellion of Inaros II	Persian Empire XXVII Dynasty of Egypt	Egyptian rebels led by Inaros II
449 BC	448 BC	Second Sacred War Part of the First Peloponnesian War	Phocis	Sparta Delphi
440 BC	440 BC	Samian War	Athens	Samos
431 BC	404 BC	Peloponnesian War	Peloponnesian League	Delian League
411 BC	411 BC	Athenian coup of 411 BC	The Four Hundred	Athens
410 BC	340 BC	Second Sicilian War Part of the Sicilian Wars	Syracuse Corinth Sparta	Athens Delian League Segesta
395 BC	387 BC	Corinthian War	Athens Argos Corinth Thebes Persian Empire Other allies	Sparta Peloponnesian League
390 BC (traditional) 387 BC (probable)		Battle of the Allia	Gauls	Roman Republic
385 BC	385 BC	Artaxerxes' II Cadusian Campaign	Cadusii	Persian Empire
385 BC	385 BC	Dardanian invasion of Epirus	Kingdom of Dardania Supported by: Syracuse	Molossia Sparta Supported by: Thessaly Macedonia
382 BC	379 BC	First Olynthian War	Peloponnesian League Macedonia	Chalcidian League
378 BC	372 BC	Boeotian War	Thebes Athens	Sparta
372 BC	362 BC	Revolt of the Satraps	Achaemenid Empire	Rebel satrapies
371 BC	371 BC	First Spartan Revolt against the Boeotian League	Boeotian League	Sparta
362 BC	362 BC	Second Spartan Revolt against the Boeotian League	Boeotian League led by Thebes	Sparta Athens Elis Mantineia
360 BC	360 BC	Perdiccas III's expedition in Upper Macedonia^[26]	Kingdom of Dardania	Macedonia
358 BC	336 BC	Wars of the Rise of Macedon	Macedon	Greek city states Illyrians Thracians
357 BC	355 BC	Social War	Chios Rhodes Kos Byzantion	Second Athenian League
356 BC	346 BC	Third Sacred War	Amphictyonic League	Phocis Pherae Athens Sparta
343 BC	341 BC	First Samnite War Part of the Samnite Wars	Roman Republic Sidicini Campanians	Samnites
340 BC	338 BC	Latin War	Roman Republic Samnites	Latin League Campanians Volsci Sidicini Aurunci
339 BC	338 BC	Philip II's campaign in Greece (Fourth Sacred War)	Macedon	Athens Thebes Corinth Megara Achaea Chalcis Epidaurus Troezen
327 BC	304 BC	Second Samnite War Part of the Samnite Wars	Roman Republic Volsci	Samnites Sidicini Aurunci Ausoni Vestini
334 BC	323 BC	Wars of Alexander the Great	Macedon	Persian Empire Pauravas Greek city states Thrace Getae Sogdiana
332 BC	331 BC	Rebellion against Macedonian Rule	Macedon	Sparta Thracian tribes
323 BC	322 BC	Lamian War	Macedon	Athens Aetolian League Achaean League Arcadians Corinth
321 BC	320 BC	Conquest of the Nanda Empire	Maurya Empire	Nanda Empire
315 BC	307 BC	Third Sicilian campaign Part of the Sicilian Wars	Carthage	Syracuse
312 BC	312 BC	Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations Part of the Wars of the Diadochi	Nabataean Kingdom	Antigonid dynasty
311 BC	309 BC	Babylonian War Part of the Wars of the Diadochi	Seleucid Empire	Antigonid dynasty
311 BC	309 BC	Bosporan Civil War	The Siraceni	Bosporans Scythians
305 BC	304 BC	Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC) Part of the Wars of the Diadochi	Rhodes Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire	Antigonid dynasty
305 BC	303 BC	Seleucid-Mauryan War	Maurya Empire	Seleucid Empire
c. 300 BC	c. 300 BC	Gojoseon–Yan War	Yan	Gojoseon
298 BC	290 BC	Third Samnite War Part of the Samnite Wars	Roman Republic	Samnites Etruscans
281 BC	279 BC	Gallic invasion of the Balkans	Aetolian League Illyrians Macedon Thracians Paeonians	Gauls
280 BC	275 BC	Pyrrhic War	Roman Republic Carthage	Epirus Magna Graecia Samnium
274 BC	200 BC	Syrian Wars	Seleucid Empire Macedon	Ptolemaic Kingdom
274 BC	271 BC	First Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars	Ptolemaic Kingdom	Seleucid Empire
267 BC	261 BC	Chremonidean War	Macedon	Greek states, notably Athens and Sparta Ptolemaic Egypt
265 BC	263 BC	Kalinga War	Maurya Empire	Kalinga
264 BC	146 BC	Punic Wars	Roman Republic	Carthage
264 BC	241 BC	First Punic War Part of the Punic Wars	Roman Republic	Ancient Carthage
260 BC	255 BC	Second Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars	Antigonid Macedonia	Ptolemaic Egypt
245 BC	241 BC	Third Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars	Ptolemaic Kingdom	Seleucid Empire
240 BC	238 BC	Mercenary War	Ancient Carthage	Carthage's mercenary army of the First Punic War Libyans Numidians
238 BC	238 BC	Parni conquest of Parthia	Parni	Parthia
237 BC	219 BC	Barcid conquest of Hispania	Carthage	Turdetani Bastetani Greek colonists Germani Tartessian tribes Celtiberian tribes
c. 230 BC	c. 220 BC	Overthrow of Diodotus II	Troops of Euthydemus I	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
230 BC	221 BC	Qin's wars of unification	Qin	Han Zhao Dai Yan Wei Chu Qi
230 BC	230 BC	Conquest of Han Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Han
229 BC	228 BC	First Illyrian War	Roman Republic	Ardiaei
229 BC	222 BC	Cleomenean War	Achaean League Macedon	Sparta Elis
228 BC	228 BC	Conquest of Zhao Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Zhao
226 BC	226 BC	First Conquest of Yan Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Yan
225 BC	222 BC	Bella Gallica cisalpina [la; de]	Roman Republic	Celts Gauls
225 BC	225 BC	Conquest of Wei Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Wei
225 BC	223 BC	Conquest of Chu Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Chu
222 BC	222 BC	Second Conquest of Yan Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Yan
222 BC	222 BC	Conquest of Dai Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Dai
222 BC	222 BC	Conquest of Wu Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Wu
221 BC	221 BC	Conquest of Qi Part of the Qin wars of unification	Qin	Qi
220 BC	219 BC	Second Illyrian War	Roman Republic	Illyria
220 BC	220 BC	Lyttian War	Polyrrhenia Lyctus Lappa Macedonia Achaean League	Knossos Gortys Kydonia Rhodes Aetolian League
219 BC	217 BC	Fourth Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars	Ptolemaic Kingdom	Seleucid Empire
218 BC	201 BC	Second Punic War Part of the Punic Wars	Roman Republic	Carthage
215 BC	215 BC	Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu	Qin dynasty	Xiongnu
215 BC	168 BC	Macedonian Wars	Roman Republic	Macedonian Empire
215 BC	205 BC	First Macedonian War Part of the Macedonian Wars	Roman Republic Aetolian League Pergamon Sparta Elis Messenia	Macedonia Achaean League
214 BC	214 BC	Qin's campaign against the Yue tribes	Qin dynasty	Baiyue
c. 210 BC	c. 206 BC	Seleucid invasion of Bactria	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	Seleucid Empire
209 BC	206 BC	Fall of the Qin dynasty	Rebel forces of the six states	Qin dynasty
209 BC	209 BC	Dazexiang uprising Part of the Fall of the Qin dynasty	Qin dynasty	Chen Sheng's and Wu Guang's troops revived Kingdom of Chu peasants
209 BC	208 BC	Xiang Liang's Rebellion Part of the Fall of the Qin dynasty	Qin dynasty	Xiang Liang's troops Kuaiji revived Kingdom of Chu
209 BC	206 BC	Liu Bang's Insurrection against the Qin dynasty Part of the Fall of the Qin dynasty	Liu Bang's troops Yan Zhao Qi Wei	Qin dynasty
209 BC	88 BC	Seleucid–Parthian wars	Parthian Empire	Seleucid Empire
208 BC	c. 206 BC	Siege of Bactra Part of the Seleucid invasion of Bactria	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	Seleucid Empire
206 BC	202 BC	Chu-Han contention	Han	Western Chu
205 BC	200 BC	Cretan War	Rhodes Pergamum Byzantium Cyzicus Athens Knossos	Macedon Hierapytna Olous Aetolia Spartan pirates Acarnania
202 BC	200 BC	Fifth Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars	Seleucid Empire	Ptolemaic Egypt
200 BC	196 BC	Second Macedonian War Part of the Macedonian Wars	Roman Republic Pergamon Rhodes	Macedon
200 BC	198 BC	Han invasion of the Xiongnu	Xiongnu	Han dynasty
195 BC	195 BC	Roman-Spartan War	Roman Republic Achaean League Macedon Pergamum Rhodes	Sparta
191 BC	188 BC	Roman-Syrian War	Roman Republic Achaean League Macedon Pergamum Rhodes	Seleucid Empire Aetolian League Athamania
189 BC	189 BC	Galatian War	Roman Republic Pergamum	Galatia
180 BC	175 BC	Bactrian Expansion into India	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	Shunga Empire Remnants of the Maurya Empire
179 BC	175 BC	Dardanian-Bastarnae war	Kingdom of Dardania	Bastarnae Supported by: Kingdom of Macedonia Odrysian Kingdom Scordisci
171 BC	168 BC	Third Macedonian War Part of the Macedonian Wars	Roman Republic Pergamon	Macedon
170 BC	170 BC	Usurpation of Eucratides	Troops of Eucratides I	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
c. 167 BC	c. 167 BC	Parthian invasion into Bactria	Parthian Empire Loyalists to the Euthydemid dynasty	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
167 BC	160 BC	Maccabean Revolt	Judea	Seleucid Empire
162 BC	c. 70 BC	Nomadic invasions into Bactria	Yuezhi Scythians, mainly the Saka Wusun	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
155 BC	139 BC	Lusitanian War	Roman Republic	Lusitanian tribes
154 BC	154 BC	Rebellion of the Seven States	Han dynasty	Wu Chu Zhao Jiaoxi Jiaodong Zichuan Jinan
149 BC	146 BC	Third Punic War Part of the Punic Wars	Roman Republic	Carthage
138 BC	111 BC	Han campaigns against Minyue Part of the Han wars against the Baiyue	Han dynasty	Minyue
135 BC	71 BC	Roman Servile Wars	Roman Republic	Revolting slaves
135 BC	132 BC	First Servile War Part of the Roman Servile Wars	Roman Republic	Slaves of Sicily
133 BC	89 AD	Han–Xiongnu War	Han empire	Xiongnu
123 BC	121 BC	Roman conquest of the Balearic Islands	Roman Republic	Balearic pirates
122 BC	105 BC	Jugurthine War	Roman Republic	Numidia
113 BC	101 BC	Cimbrian War	Roman Republic	Cimbri, Teutons
111 BC	111 BC	Han–Nanyue War Part of the Han wars against the Baiyue	Han dynasty	Nanyue
109 BC	109 BC	Han campaigns against Dian Part of the Han wars against the Baiyue	Han dynasty	Dian Kingdom
109 BC	108 BC	Gojoseon–Han War	Han dynasty	Wiman Joseon
107 BC	88 BC	Civil War of Ptolemy Lathyros	Egypt (Ptolemy IX Soter) Cyprus Phoenicia	Egypt (Cleopatra III) Judea (103–93) Nabatea (103–93)
104 BC	101 BC	War of the Heavenly Horses	Han dynasty	Dayuan
104 BC	100 BC	Second Servile War Part of the Roman Servile Wars	Roman Republic	Slaves of Sicily
93 BC	93 BC	Battle of Gadara	Nabataean Kingdom	Hasmonean dynasty
93 BC	87 BC	Judean Civil War	Sadducees	Pharisees
91 BC	88 BC	Social War	Roman Republic	Cities of Italy under Marsi and Samnium
89 BC	63 BC	Mithridatic Wars	Roman Republic	Kingdom of Pontus
89 BC	85 BC	First Mithridatic War Part of the Mithridatic Wars	Roman Republic Kingdom of Bithynia	Kingdom of Pontus Greek rebels
87 BC	87 BC	Bellum Octavianum
87 BC	85 BC	Armenian–Parthian War	Kingdom of Armenia	Parthian Empire
84 BC	84 BC	Battle of Cana	Nabataean Kingdom	Seleucid Empire
83 BC	82 BC	Second Mithridatic War Part of the Mithridatic Wars	Roman Republic	Kingdom of Pontus
83 BC	81 BC	Sulla's civil war	Sullans	Marians
73 BC	71 BC	Third Servile War or Spartacist Rebellion Part of the Roman Servile Wars	Roman Republic	Army of escaped slaves under Spartacus
74 BC	63 BC	Third Mithridatic War Part of the Mithridatic Wars	Roman Republic Bithynia	Kingdom of Pontus Kingdom of Armenia
67 BC	63 BC	Hasmonean Civil War Part of the Mithridatic Wars	Pharisees Roman Republic Nabatean Kingdom	Sadducees
66 BC	217 AD	Roman–Parthian Wars	Roman Republic	Parthian Empire
65 BC	65 BC	Pompey's campaign in Iberia and Albania	Roman Republic	Iberian Kingdom Caucasian Albania
58 BC	50 BC	Gallic Wars	Roman Republic	Gallic tribes Belgic tribes British tribes Aquitanian tribes Germanic tribes Iberian tribes
55 BC	54 BC	Caesar's invasions of Britain	Roman Republic Trinovantes	Britons
53 BC	51 BC	Parthian War of Marcus Licinius Crassus	Parthian Empire	Roman Republic
49 BC	45 BC	Caesar's Civil War	Julius Caesar and supporters Populares	Roman Senate Optimates
48 BC	47 BC	Pontic War	Roman Republic Galatia Cappadocia	Kingdom of Pontus
44 BC	30 BC	Roman civil wars	Roman Republic under Second Triumvirate	Mark Antony Liberatores Sextus Pompeius Fulvia and Lucius Antonius
44 BC	44 BC	Post-Caesarian civil war Part of the Roman civil wars	Roman Senate	Mark Antony's forces
44 BC	42 BC	Liberators' civil war Part of the Roman civil wars	Second Triumvirate	Liberatores
44 BC	36 BC	Bellum Siculum Part of the Roman civil wars	Roman Republic	Sextus Pompeius and his troops
41 BC	40 BC	Perusine War	Roman Republic	Forces of Fulvia and Lucius Antonius
41 BC	40 BC	Fulvia's civil war Part of the Roman civil wars	Roman Republic	Forces of Fulvia and Lucius Antonius
32 BC	30 BC	Final War of the Roman Republic Part of the Roman civil wars	Roman Republic (supporters of Octavian)	Ptolemaic Egypt and the supporters of Mark Antony
40 BC	33 BC	Antony's Parthian War	Roman Republic Armenia Galatia Cappadocia Pontus	Parthian Empire Atropatene
29 BC	19 BC	Cantabrian Wars	Roman Empire	Cantabri Astures
19 BC	19 BC	War with the Garamantes	Roman Empire	Garamantes

List_of_wars_before_1000

List of wars: before 1000

Prehistoric warfare

c. 3400–1000 BC

999 BC – 1 BC

1 AD – 1000 AD

References

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