Editing List of conflicts in the Near East

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This is a '''list of conflicts in the [[Near East]]''' arranged chronologically from the [[Prehistoric warfare#Epipaleolithic|epipaleolithic]] until the end of the [[late modern period]] ({{circa|20,000 years [[Before Present]]|lk=yes}} – 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 (military)|raid]], [[Military strike|strike]], [[skirmish]], [[siege]], [[Looting#In armed conflict|sacking]], and/or [[battle]] (both [[Ground warfare|land]] and [[Naval warfare|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 [[military operation|operation]] of a [[military campaign|campaign]] in a [[theater (warfare)|theater]] of a greater, interregional [[war]] (e.g. any and/or all [[territorial dispute|border]], [[undeclared war|undeclared]], [[colonial war|colonial]], [[proxy war|proxy]], [[liberation war|liberation]], [[world war|world]] wars, etc.) There may also be periods of violent, [[civil unrest]] listed; such as, [[shootout]]s, [[spree killing]]s, [[massacre]]s, [[terrorist attack]]s, [[coup]]s, [[assassination]]s, [[regicide]]s, [[riot]]s, [[rebellion]]s, [[revolution]]s, and [[civil war]]s (as well as wars of [[War of succession|succession]] and/or [[wars of independence|independence]]). The list might also contain episodes of [[human sacrifice]], [[mass suicide]], and [[ethnic cleansing]]/[[genocide]].
==Ancient times==
{{see|History of the Middle East|Ancient Near East|Fertile Crescent|History of the Caucasus|Elam}}
===Bronze Age===
====Egypt====
{{see|History of Egypt}}
*[[Early Dynastic Period of Egypt]]
**c. 3100 BC [[Narmer Palette|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 (15th century BC)|Battle of Megiddo]] – a battle between Ancient Egyptian forces under the pharaoh [[Thutmose III]] and a large [[Canaan]]ite coalition.
***[[Battle of Kadesh]], fought in May 1247 BCE between [[Ramesses II|Ramses II]] and the [[Hittites|Hittite Empire]].
====Mesopotamia====
{{see|History of Mesopotamia}}
*[[Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia]]
**c. 2500 BC [[Enmebaragesi]] of [[Kish (Sumer)|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, the Fisherman|Dumuzid]] of Uruk captured Enmebaragesi of Kish single-handed
**c. 2500 BC [[Enshakushanna]] of Uruk conquered [[Hamazi]], [[Akkad (city)|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 (city)|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 (region)|Syria]] and [[Canaan]] campaigns
***[[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]] conquest of [[Ebla]]
***Magan revolt
***[[Lullubi]] campaign of Naram-sin
*[[Gutian period]]
**c. 2193 – c. 2123 BC [[Gutian people|Gutian]] attacks on the Akkadian Empire
**c. 2123 BC – 2112 BC After defeating the [[Gutian people|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#The sack of Babylon and ancient Near East chronology|Fall of Babylon]]
**c. 1507 BC ([[Short chronology]]) [[Kassites|Kassite]] attacks on [[Babylon]]
====Levant====
{{see|List of conflicts in the Land of Israel|History of the ancient Levant}}
*c. 2492 BC Battle between [[Hayk|Haik]] and [[Nimrod]]
*c. 2300 BC [[Mari, Syria#Mari–Ebla war|Mari-Ebla's Hundred Years War]]
**c. 2300 BC [[Ebla#Archive period|Battle of Terqa]]
*c. 2000 BC [[Battle of Siddim]]
*c. 1900 BC [[Qatna|Qatna-Yamhad conflict]]
*c. 1770 BC [[Yamhad#Rivalry with Assyria and expansion|Yamhad kingdom conquests]]
*c. 1650 BC - 1600 BC [[Hittites#Old Kingdom|Hittite-Syrian Wars]]
*[[Israelite]] Campaigns
**[[Early Israelite campaigns]]
***1400 BC [[Battle of Ai#Possible locations|Battle of Ai]] (legendary)
***[[Tel Hazor|Battle of Hazor]] (legendary)
***[[Battle of Jericho]] (legendary)
***[[Tel Lachish#Biblical references|Lachish]]
***[[Battle of the Waters of Merom]] (legendary)
*c. 14th century BC "Syrian Wars"
*c. 1247 BC [[Battle of Kadesh]]
*c. 1012 BC-965 BC [[Davids wars of Conquest]]

====Anatolia====
{{see|History of Anatolia}}
*c. 1650 BC – 1600 BC Conquests of [[Hattusili I]] and [[Mursili I]]
*c. 1430 BC – 1350 BC [[Kaskians|Kaska]] invasions of [[Hittite Empire|Hatti]]
===Early Iron Age===
''Note: This section is covering Iron Age I and II, Iron Age III is related as Classic Period''
{{main|Egyptian Empire|Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Kingdom of Judah|Neo-Assyrian Empire|Median Empire|Neo-Babylonian Empire|Achaemenid Empire}}
*[[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt conflicts]]
**1279 BC – 1213 BC [[Ramesses II]] campaigns in the Near East
***[[Ramesses II#First Syrian campaign|First Syrian campaign]]
***[[Ramesses II#Second Syrian campaign|Second Syrian campaign]] 
****1274 BC [[Battle of Kadesh]]
***[[Ramesses II#Third Syrian campaign|Third Syrian campaign]]
**[[Third Intermediate Period of Egypt]]
***925 BC [[Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC)|Sack of Jerusalem]]
***727 BC [[Ancient Egypt#Third Intemidiate Period|Kushite Invasion to Egypt]]
***609 BC [[Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|Battle of Megiddo]] – a battle between the [[Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt|Kingdom of Egypt]] and the [[Kingdom of Judah]]
*[[Anatolia#Antiquity|Ancient Anatolia conflicts]]
**1260 BC – 1240 BC [[Trojan War]]
*[[History of Mesopotamia|Ancient Mesopotamia conflicts]]
**[[Babylonia#Kassite dynasty, 1595–1155 BC|Kassite period]]
***c. 1232 BC – 1225 BC ([[Short chronology]]) [[Tukulti-Ninurta I]] of [[Assyria]] defeated [[Kashtiliash IV]], the [[Kassite]] king of [[Babylon]] and captured the city of Babylon to ensure full [[Assyria]]n supremacy over [[Mesopotamia]]
***c. 1157 BC – 1155 BC ([[Short chronology]]) [[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]]
**[[List of kings of Babylon#Dynasty IV of Babylon.2C from Isin|Fourth Babylonian Dynasty]]
***c. 1125 BC – 1104 BC ([[Short chronology]]) [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] of [[Isin]]'s [[Nebuchadnezzar I#War with Elam|War with Elam]]
*[[Israelite]] Campaigns
**Later [[Israelite]] Campaigns
***1000 BC [[Siege of Jebus]]
*[[Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire|Assyrian campaigns]]
**853 BC [[Battle of Qarqar]]
**721 BC [[Samaria#Assyrian period|Assyrian conquest of Israel]]
**[[Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant|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]] (Pyrrhic [[Assyria]]n victory)
**693 BC [[Siege of Babylon]]
**626 BC [[Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)|Revolt of Babylon]] (Decisive [[Babylonia]]n victory; eviction of [[Assyria]]n troops)
*[[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian campaigns]] 
**612 BC [[Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)|Battle of Nineveh]]
**605 BC [[Battle of Carchemish]] – a battle between the [[Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt|Kingdom of Egypt]] and [[Assyria]]n allies against the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]
** [[Jewish–Babylonian war]]
***597 BC [[Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]
***587 BC [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]
*[[Median Empire|Median campaigns]]
**28 May 585 BC [[Eclipse of Thales|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 (547 BC)|Siege of Sardis]]
**539 BC [[Battle of Opis]]

===Classical antiquity===
====Greco-Persian domination====
{{main|Achaemenid Empire|Greco-Persian Wars|Alexander the Great|Wars of the Diadochi}}
*[[Ionian Revolt|Ionian Revolt 499–493 BC]]
*[[First Persian invasion of Greece|First Persian invasion of Greece 492–490 BC]]
*Egyptian Revolt 486 BC
*[[Second Persian invasion of Greece|Second Persian invasion of Greece 480–478 BC]]
*Wars of Delian League 477–449 BC
*[[Wars of Alexander the Great]]
*[[Wars of the Diadochi]] 322–275 BC
*[[Syrian Wars]] 274–168 BC
**[[Syrian Wars#First Syrian War (274-271BC)|First Syrian War (274–271 BC)]]
**[[Syrian Wars#Second Syrian War (260-253BC)|Second Syrian War (260–253 BC)]]
**[[Syrian Wars#Third Syrian War (246-241BC)|Third Syrian War (246–241 BC)]]
**[[Syrian Wars#Fourth Syrian War (219-217BC)|Fourth Syrian War (219–217 BC)]]
**[[Syrian Wars#Fifth Syrian War (202-195BC)|Fifth Syrian War (202–195 BC)]]
**[[Syrian Wars#Sixth Syrian War (170-168BC)|Sixth Syrian War (170–168 BC)]]
*[[Seleucid–Parthian wars]] 238–129 BC
*[[Roman–Syrian War]] 192–188 BC
*[[Maccabean Revolt]] 167–160 BC

====Roman, Parthian and Sassanid domination====
{{main|Roman–Persian Wars}}
*[[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 (63 BC)]]
*[[Roman–Parthian Wars]]
**[[Roman–Parthian Wars#Roman Republic vs Parthia|Crassus invasion to Mesopotamia 53 BCE]]
***[[Battle of Carrhae]]
**[[Antony's Parthian War]]
***[[Battle of Mount Gindarus]] 
***[[Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] 37 BC
***[[Antony's Parthian War#The war|Antropatene campaign]]
***[[Antony's Parthian War#Subsequent events|Armenian campaign]]
**[[Roman–Parthian War of 58–63]] AD
**[[Battle of Nisibis (217)]]
*[[Aelius Gallus]] campaign in Arabia 24 BC
*[[Alexandria pogroms]] 38 AD
*[[Jewish–Roman wars]] 66–136 AD
**[[First Jewish–Roman War|Great Revolt of Judea 67–70 AD]]
**[[Kitos War|Kitos War 117–119 AD]]
**[[Bar Kokhba revolt|Bar Kokhba Revolt 132–136 AD]]
*[[Roman–Persian Wars|Roman-Sassanid Wars]]
**[[Battle of Antioch (218)]]
**[[Ardashir I#War with Rome|Ardashir's raid of Mesopotamia 230–232 AD]]
**[[Ardashir I#War with Rome|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)|Siege of Amida]] 359
**[[Battle of Ctesiphon (363)]]
**[[Battle of Samarra]] 363 AD
*Uprising of Syrian Legion 232 AD
*[[Palmyra#Greco-Roman periods|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 (421–422)]]
**[[Anastasian War]] (502–506)
**[[Iberian War]] (526–532)
***[[Battle of Callinicum]] 531
**[[Roman–Persian War of 572–591]]
**[[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628]]
***Antioch riots 610
***[[Battle of Antioch (613)]]
***[[Jewish revolt against Heraclius]] 610-28
****[[Siege of Jerusalem (614)]]
***[[Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor (615)]]
***[[Sassanid conquest of Egypt]] 618–621
***[[Battle of Issus]]
***[[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628#Byzantine assault on Persia|Byzantine assault on Persia 624-25]]
***[[Siege of Constantinople (626)]]
***[[Third Perso-Turkic War]]
***[[Battle of Nineveh (627)]]
*[[Samaritan Revolts]] 484–573
**Samaritan revolt against Zeno 484
**Revolt against Anastasius I
**[[Julianus ben Sabar|Third Samaritan revolt]] 529–531
**Fourth Samaritan Revolt 555–572
*[[Mazdak#Opposition to and purge of Mazdak's adherents|Mazdak revolt in Persia 524 (or 528)]]
*[[Nika riots]] in Constantinople 532
*[[Battle of Dhi Qar]] – tribal rebellion in Sasanian Persia

==Medieval times==
*[[Early Muslim conquests|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]]
***[[Muslim conquest of Persia#First invasion of Mesopotamia (633)|First invasion of Mesopotamia]]
***[[Muslim conquest of Persia#Second invasion of Mesopotamia .28633.29|Second invasion of Mesopotamia]]
****[[Battle of al-Qādisiyyah]]
***[[Battle of Nahāvand]]
***[[Muslim conquest of Persia#Persian rebellion and reconquest|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 (853)]]
***[[Battle of Lalakaon]] 863
***[[John Kourkouas]]' campaigns
****[[John Kourkouas#First submission of Melitene.2C campaigns into Armenia|First Melitene campaign and conquest of Kalikala]] 926–930
****[[John Kourkouas#Final capture of Melitene|Second Malitene campaign]] 931–934
***[[Sayf al-Dawla]] campaigns
****Conquest of Aleppo 944
****[[Battle of Marash (953)]]
****[[Battle of Raban]] 958
****[[Battle of Andrassos|Battle of Andrasos]] 960
****Siege of Aleppo 962
****Siege of Aleppo 964
**[[Civil War in Palestine (793–96)|Mudhar-Yamani conflict]] 793-96
*Byzantine-Paulician Wars
**[[Battle of Bathys Ryax]] 872 (878?)
*Persian Zoroastrian Revolts 8th–9th centuries
**[[Behafarid|Behavarid revolt in Persia]] 8th century
**[[Babak Khorramdin|Babak's revolt 816-37]]
***Ahmad ibn al Junayd's campaign 823-24
***Muhammad ibn Humayd Tusi's campaign 827-29
***[[Afshin (Caliphate General)|Afshin's campaign 835-837/838]]
**Maziar revolt 839
*[[Byzantine–Seljuq wars]] 1048–1308
**[[Battle of Manzikert]] 1071
*[[Nizari Ismaili state|Nizari Ismaili]] uprising in Persia and Syria
**[[Nizari–Seljuk conflicts]] 1090–1194
*[[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)|Battle of Azaz 1125]]
**[[Second Crusade]] 1145–49
***[[Battle of Inab]] 1149
**[[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Baldwin's campaigns]]
***[[Siege of Ascalon]] (1153)
***[[Crusader invasions of Egypt]] 1154–69
****[[Battle of al-Babein]]
**[[Third Crusade]] 1189–92
***[[Siege of Acre (1189–91)]]
**[[Livonian Crusade]]
**[[Crusade of 1197|German Crusade]]
**[[Fourth Crusade]]
**[[Children's Crusade]]
**[[Fifth Crusade]]
**[[Sixth Crusade]]
**[[Seventh Crusade]]
**[[Shepherds' Crusade (1251)]]
**[[Eighth Crusade]]
**[[Ninth Crusade]]
**[[Shepherds' Crusade (1320)]]
*[[Saladin|Saladin's campaigns]]
**Egyptian revolt 1169
**[[Deir al-Balah#History|Darum]] Siege 1170
**Yemen conquest 1174
**Battle of Hama 1175
**Capture of Damascus 1174
**[[Battle of Jacob's Ford]] 1179
**[[Saladin#Fight for Mosul|Fight for Mosul 1182]]
**[[Battle of Al-Fule (1183)]]
**[[Siege of Kerak]] 1183
**[[Battle of Cresson]] 1187
**[[Battle of Hattin]] 1187
**[[Siege of Jerusalem (1187)]]
*[[Mongol invasions#Middle East|Mongol invasions to Middle East]] 13th century.
**[[Battle of Köse Dağ]] 1243
**[[Siege of Baghdad (1258)]]
**[[Hulagu Khan#Conquest of Syria .281260.29|Hulagu Khan's conquest of Syria]] 1260
***[[Mongol raids into Palestine#Sidon incident (1260)|Sack of Sidon]] 1260
***[[Siege of Aleppo (1260)]]
***[[Battle of Ain Jalut]] 1260
***[[First Battle of Homs]] 1260
**[[Battle of Elbistan]] 1277
**[[Second Battle of Homs]] 1281
**[[Mongol raids into Palestine#Mongol campaigns of 1299–1300|Mongol raids into Bilad al-Sham 1299–1300]]
***[[Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar]] 1299
*[[Timur|Timur Conquests]]
**[[Battle of Ankara]] (Battle of Angora) 1402
*[[Ottoman Interregnum]] 1402–1413
*[[Sheikh Bedreddin#Revolt and death|Sheikh Bedreddin revolt]] 1416
*[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars]] 1265–1453
**[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Rise of the Ottomans: 1265–1328|Rise of the Ottomans]] 1265–1328
**[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Byzantium counter: 1328–1341|Byzantium counter: 1328–1341]]
***[[Siege of Nicaea (1328–31)]]
***[[Siege of Nicomedia]] 1333–1337
**[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Balkan invasion and civil war: 1341–1371|Balkan invasion and civil war: 1341–1371]]
**[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Byzantine civil war and vassalage: 1371–1394|Byzantine civil war and vassalage: 1371–1394]]
**[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Resumption of hostilities: 1394–1424|Resumption of hostilities: 1394–1424]]
**[[Byzantine–Ottoman Wars#Ottoman victory 1424–1453|Ottoman campaign on Constantinopolis 1424–1453]]

==Modern times==
===Early modern period===
====Early Ottoman expansion====
Ottoman era period conflicts 1453–1516
*Yazidi uprising against Safavids 1506–1510
*[[Şahkulu Rebellion]] 1511
====Conflicts involving the Ottoman empire====
*[[Ottoman–Persian Wars]] 16th–19th centuries
**[[Battle of Chaldiran]] 1514
**[[Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–55)]]
**[[Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–90)]]
**[[Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18)]]
***[[Battle of DimDim]] 1609–10
**[[Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39)]]
***[[Abaza rebellion]]
**[[Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35)]]
**[[Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746)]]
**[[Ottoman–Persian War (1775–1776)]]
**[[Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823)]]
*[[Jelali revolts]] 1519–1659
*Conflicts between the Ottomans and the Druze of Mount Lebanon
**[[1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze]]
**[[Battle of Majdel Anjar]] 1622
**1633 conflict
**1642 conflict
**[[Druze power struggle (1658–67)|1660 conflict]]
**1683–1699 conflict
**[[Battle of Ain Dara]] 1711
*[[Cretan War (1645–69)]]
**[[Atmeydanı Incident]]
**[[Çınar Incident]] 1656
===Late modern period===
====Conflicts involving the Ottoman empire====
*[[Edirne event|Edirne revolt 1703]]
*[[1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain]]
*[[Patrona Halil]] uprising 1730
*[[Zahir al-Umar]] Revolt (Galilee) 1742–1743
*[[Ali Bey Al-Kabir]] Revolt (Egypt) 1769–1772
*[[Bajalan]] uprising 1775
*[[French campaign in Egypt and Syria]] 1798–1801
**[[French campaign in Egypt and Syria#Revolt of Cairo|Cairo revolt]] 1798
**[[Battle of the Nile]]
**[[Siege of Jaffa]]
**[[Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)]]
**[[Siege of Acre (1799)]]
*[[Baban]] uprising 1806–1808
*[[Ottoman coups of 1807–08]]
**[[Kabakçı Mustafa]] revolt
*[[Muhammad Ali of Egypt#Military campaigns|Muhammad Ali's campaigns]]
**[[Muhammad Ali's seizure of power]] 1803–07
**[[Alexandria expedition of 1807|Fraser campaign (1807)]]
**[[Ottoman–Saudi War]] 1811–18
**[[Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–33)]]
**[[Syrian Peasant Revolt (1834–35)|Syrian Peasant revolts]]
***[[1834 Arab revolt in Palestine|Palestine and Transjordan revolt 1834]]
***[[Alawite revolt (1834–35)]] 
**[[1838 Druze revolt]]
**[[Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–41)]]
*[[Russo-Persian War (1826–28)]]
*[[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
*[[Massacres of Badr Khan|Bedr Khan Bey uprising]] 1843
*Culemerg uprising 1843
*Bedirhan Bey uprising 1847<ref>Ergil, Doğu, PKK: The Kurdistan Workers' Party, in Marianne Heiberg, Brendan O'Leary, John Tirman, eds., ''Terror, insurgency, and the state: ending protracted conflicts'', University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007, p.356</ref>
*[[Massacre of Aleppo (1850)]]
*Yezdan Sher uprising 1855<ref>Chaliand, Gérard, ''The Kurdish tragedy'', Palgrave Macmillan, 1994, p.25</ref>
*[[1860 Druze–Maronite conflict]]
**[[Règlement Organique (Mount Lebanon)|French expedition in Syria]] 1860–61
*[[Qatari–Bahraini War]] 1867–68
*[[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)]]
*[[Urabi Revolt]] (Egypt) 1879–82
*Shaykh 'Ubaydullah of Nehri and Shemdinan uprising 1880–1881<ref>Vanly, Ismet Chériff, The Kurds in the Soviet Union, in Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Stefan Sperl, eds., ''The Kurds: a contemporary overview'', Routledge, 2000, p.196</ref>
*[[Abdul Rahman bin Faisal|Royal Civil War in Arabia]] 1887–91
**[[Battle of Mulayda]] 1891
*[[1892 Tobacco Rebellion]] (Iran)
*[[Hamidian massacres]] 1894–96
**[[Zeitun Rebellion (1895–96)]]
*[[Unification of Saudi Arabia]]
**[[Saudi–Rashidi War]] 1903–06
*[[Persian Constitutional Revolution]] 1908–09
*[[Young Turk Revolution]] 1908–09
**[[31 March Incident]] 1909
*[[Adana massacre]] 1909
*[[Hauran Druze Rebellion]] 1909
*[[Zaraniq rebellion]] 1909–1910 (c. 830+ fatalities)
*[[1913 Ottoman coup d'état]]
*[[Middle Eastern theatre of World War I]] 1914–1918
**[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]]
**[[Mesopotamian campaign]]
**[[Caucasus Campaign]]
**[[Persian campaign (World War I)|Persian Campaign]]
**[[Gallipoli Campaign]]
**[[Arab Revolt]]
**[[Armenian genocide]]
**[[Assyrian genocide]]
**1st [[Dersim]] rebellion

====Post-Ottoman era conflicts====
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==See also==
*[[Conflicts in the Horn of Africa]]
*[[List of conflicts in Africa]]
*[[List of conflicts in Asia]]
*[[List of conflicts in Central America]]
*[[List of conflicts in Europe]]
*[[List of conflicts in North America]]
*[[List of conflicts in South America]]
*[[List of modern conflicts in North Africa]]

==References==
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