List of conflicts in the Near East

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Multiple image This is a list of conflicts in the Near East arranged chronologically from the epipaleolithic until the end of the late modern period (Template:Circa – c. AD 1945). The Near East is generally associated with Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Caucasus.

Also listed might be any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (both land and naval) that occurred on the territories of a modern country occupying what may today be referred to as the "Middle East" (or the "Ancient Near East" when in reference to this region's military history during classical antiquity); however, was itself only part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater, interregional war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, world wars, etc.) There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

Ancient times

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Bronze Age

Egypt

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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 BCE Battle of Megiddo – a battle between Ancient Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition.
  - Battle of Kadesh, fought in May 1247 BCE between Ramses II and the Hittite Empire.

Mesopotamia

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Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia
- 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 (controlled by Enshakushanna)
- 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 (the successor to Enshakushanna)
- 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. 2355 BC – 2334 BC (middle chronology) 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 Period
- c. 2334 – 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
  - c. 2271 BC Battle of Uruk
  - Syria and Canaan campaigns
  - Akkadian conquest of Ebla
  - Magan revolt
  - Lullubi campaign of Naram-sin
Gutian period
- c. 2193 – c. 2123 BC Gutian attacks on the Akkadian Empire
- c. 2123 BC – 2112 BC After defeating the Gutian ruler Tirigan in Sumer with the aid of other cities, Utu-hengal of Uruk established himself as the king of Sumer
Ur III period
- c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC (Short chronology) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash
- c. 2004 BC (Short chronology) Elamite Sack of Ur
Isin-Larsa period
- c. 1830 BC – 1817 BC (Short chronology) The Amorite chieftain Sumu-abum won independence from the city-state Kazallu
- c. 1752 BC – 1730 BC (Short chronology) Damiq-ilishu of Isin, the last king mentioned in the Sumerian King List, is defeated by Sin-Muballit of Babylon
Old Babylonian period
- c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC (Short chronology) Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms
Kassite dynasty
- c. 1595 BC Fall of Babylon
- c. 1507 BC (Short chronology) Kassite attacks on Babylon