List of conflicts in the Near East

This is a list of conflicts in the Near East arranged chronologically from the epipaleolithic until the end of the late modern period. 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 that occurred on the territories of a modern country occupying what may today be referred to as the "Middle East" ; however, was itself only part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater, interregional war 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. The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

Ancient times

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
*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. 2355 BC – 2334 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 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 Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash
*c. 2004 BC Elamite Sack of Ur
Isin-Larsa period
*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
Old Babylonian period
*c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms
Kassite dynasty
*c. 1595 BC The Hittites sack Babylon
*c. 1507 BC Kassite attacks on Babylon

c. 1650 BC – 1600 BC Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
c. 1430 BC – 1350 BC Kaska invasions of Hatti

Note: This section is covering Iron Age I and II, Iron Age III is related as Classic Period

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 Alexander the Great
Wars of the Diadochi 322–275 BC
Syrian Wars 274–168 BC
*First Syrian War (274–271 BC)
*Second Syrian War (260–253 BC)
*Third Syrian War (246–241 BC)
*Fourth Syrian War (219–217 BC)
*Fifth Syrian War (202–195 BC)
*Sixth Syrian War (170–168 BC)
Seleucid–Parthian wars 238–129 BC
Roman–Syrian War 192–188 BC
Maccabean Revolt 167–160 BC

Medieval times

Modern times

Ottoman era period conflicts 1453–1516

Yazidi uprising against Safavids 1506–1510
Şahkulu Rebellion 1511

List of conflicts in the Near East

Ancient times

Bronze Age

Egypt

Mesopotamia

Levant

Anatolia

Early Iron Age

Classical antiquity

Greco-Persian domination

Roman, Parthian and Sassanid domination

Medieval times

Modern times

Early modern period

Early Ottoman expansion

Conflicts involving the Ottoman empire

Late modern period

Conflicts involving the Ottoman empire

Ottoman Tanzimat period