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.

The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt
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
The Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Wars of Alexander the Great
Expansion of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire
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
Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate
The Caliphate at the beginning of the Abbasid revolt, before the Battle of the Zab.
Expansion of the Mongol Empire
The Egyptian Empire at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE
Different interpretations of what the Bible says about the extent of King David's empire
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's invasion of Northern Syria
Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's invasion of Northern Syria.
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.
Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun
Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.
Ibrahim Pasha's Campaign against the Saudis in Nejd
The Hittite Empire, c. 1400 BCE (shown in Blue).
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.
Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
Territorial development of the Roman Empire between the years CE 300 and 1453 (Animated map).
Seljuk Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of Malik Shah I
Expansion of the Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240
Greatest extent (red) with vassal states (light red) of the Ottoman Empire in 1590s.
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.
Sogdia, c. 300 BC.

East Asia

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Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang found primarily in the Yellow River Valley
Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.
The Han Empire in 87 BCE (core provinces in brown), with commanderies (red dots) and protectorates (green dots) shown
The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.
China under the Tang dynasty c. 700 AD
Yuan dynasty in 1294
The Qing Empire in 1890
Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE
900 AD
Red: Khmer Empire
Light green: Haripunjaya
Yellow: Champa

Asia-Pacific

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Chronological list of wars

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20th century

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21st century

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See also

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