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List of conflicts in the Near East

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This article is about conflicts in the Near East up until the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. For a more extensive list of conflicts from the 20th and 21st centuries, see List of modern conflicts in the Middle East.

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This is a list of conflicts in the Near East arranged chronologically from the epipaleolithic until the end of the late modern period (c. 20,000 years Before Present – 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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Further information: History of the Middle East, Ancient Near East, Fertile Crescent, History of the Caucasus, and Elam

Bronze Age

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Egypt

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Further information: History of Egypt

Mesopotamia

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Further information: History of Mesopotamia

Levant

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Further information: List of conflicts in the Land of Israel and History of the ancient Levant

Anatolia

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Further information: History of Anatolia

Early Iron Age

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

Main articles: Egyptian Empire, Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Judah, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Median Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire, and Achaemenid Empire

Classical antiquity

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Greco-Persian domination

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Main articles: Achaemenid Empire, Greco-Persian Wars, Alexander the Great, and Wars of the Diadochi

Roman, Parthian and Sassanid domination

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Main article: Roman–Persian Wars

Medieval times

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Modern times

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Early modern period

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Early Ottoman expansion

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Ottoman era period conflicts 1453–1516

Conflicts involving the Ottoman empire

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Late modern period

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Conflicts involving the Ottoman empire

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Ottoman Tanzimat period

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Post-Ottoman era conflicts

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This article is about past conflicts in the Near East. For modern conflicts (post-Ottoman period), see List of modern conflicts in the Middle East.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Chaliand, Gérard, The Kurdish tragedy, Palgrave Macmillan, 1994, p.25
  3. ^ 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
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