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Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 750 CE)

Main article: Ancient times

Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1150 BCE)

Main article: Bronze Age

Early Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 2100 BCE)

Early Bronze Age II (c. 3000 – c. 2700 BCE)

Early Dynastic I period (c. 2900 – c. 2700 BCE)

Main article: Early Dynastic I period

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 3100 – c. 2700 BCE	Kishite conquest of Eresh Part of the Kishite invasions	Kish	Eresh
	Kishite conquest of Tutub Part of the Kishite invasions		Tutub
	Kishite conquest of Aqrab Part of the Kishite invasions		Aqrab
	Kishite conquest of Isin Part of the Kishite invasions		Isin
c. 2700 BCE	Kishite conquest of Uruk Part of the Campaigns of Enmebaragesi		Uruk
	Kishite conquest of Nippur Part of the Campaigns of Enmebaragesi		Nippur
c. 2700 – c. 2585 BCE	Kishite conquest of Umma Part of the Campaigns of Aga		Umma
	Kishite conquest of Zabala Part of the Campaigns of Aga		Zabala

Early Bronze Age III (c. 2700 – c. 2200 BCE)

Early Dynastic II period (c. 2700 – c. 2600 BCE)

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2670 – c. 2600 BCE	Siege of Uruk Part of the Campaigns of Aga	Uruk	Kish
	Uruk's war of succession for the Sumerian kingship Part of the Campaigns of Gilgamesh		Nippur
c. 2650 – c. 2600 BCE	Ur's war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Ur	Uruk

Early Dynastic IIIa period (c. 2600 – c. 2500 BCE)

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2600 – c. 2550 BCE	Awanite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship Part of the Sumer-Elam war	Awan	Ur
c. 2600 – c. 2570 BCE	Awanite conquest of Lagash Part of the Sumer-Elam war		Lagash
c. 2585 – c. 2570 BCE	Awanite conquest of Umma Part of the Sumer-Elam war		Kish
c. 2585 – c. 2510 BCE	Awanite conquest of Umma Part of the Sumer-Elam war		Umma
c. 2570 – c. 2500 BCE	Kishite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Kish	Awan
	Kishite invasion of Hamazi		Hamazi
c. 2550 – c. 2485 BCE	Ur's first or second war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Ur	Uruk
c. 2530 – c. 2430 BCE	Hamazi's war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Hamazi	Kish
c. 2529 – c. 2510 BCE	First Lagashite conquest of Ur Part of the Campaigns of Lugalshaengur	Lagash	Ur

Early Dynastic IIIb period (c. 2500 – c. 2350 BCE)

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2520 – c. 2465 BCE	First Lagashite conquest of Umma Part of the Border conflict with Umma	Lagash	Umma
c. 2500 – c. 2455 BCE	Urukian conquest of Girsu Part of the Campaigns of Lugalnamniršumma	Uruk	Girsu
	Urukian conquest of Lagash Part of the Campaigns of Lugalnamniršumma		Lagash
c. 2459 – c. 2430 BCE	Lagashite conquest of Akshak Part of the Lagashite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Lagash	Coalition forces: Akshak Kish Mari
c. 2455 – c. 2450 BCE	Lagashite conquest of Ur Part of the Lagashite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship		Ur
	Lagashite conquest of Larsa Part of the Lagashite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship		Larsa
c. 2450 – c. 2430 BCE	Lagashite conquest of Nippur Part of the Lagashite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship		Nippur
c. 2430 – c. 2411 BCE	Lagashite conquest of Akshak Part of the Lagashite war of succession for the Sumerian kingship		Akshak
	Lagashite conquest of Umma Part of the Border conflict with Umma		Umma
	Umma's first war for independence Part of the Border conflict with Umma	Alliance forces: Lagash Uruk
	Umma's second war for independence Part of the Border conflict with Umma
c. 2440 – c. 2430 BCE	Ur's first conquest of Uruk	Ur	Uruk
c. 2430 – c. 2420 BCE	Ur's second conquest of Uruk
c. 2420 – c. 2340 BCE	Adab's war of succession for the Sumerian kingship Part of the Campaigns of Lugalanamundu	Adab	Ur
c. 2411 – c. 2391 BCE	Akshak's war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Akshak	Adab
c. 2373 – c. 2364 BCE	Mariote war of succession for the Sumerian kingship	Mari	Adab

Proto-Imperial period (c. 2350 – c. 2334 BCE)

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2350 BCE	Urukian conquest of Akkad Part of the Campaigns of Enshakushanna	Uruk	Akkad
	Urukian conquest of Kish Part of the Campaigns of Enshakushanna		Kish
	Third Urukian war of succession for the Sumerian kingship Part of the Campaigns of Enshakushanna		Nippur
c. 2348 BCE	Umma's conquest of Uruk Part of the Campaigns of Lugalzagesi	Umma	Uruk
c. 2343 BCE	Umma's conquest of Akshak Part of the Campaigns of Lugalzagesi		Akshak
c. 2342 BCE	Umma's conquest of Lagash Part of the Campaigns of Lugalzagesi		Lagash
c. 2340 BCE	Umma's conquest of Ur Part of the Campaigns of Lugalzagesi		Ur

Akkadian period (c. 2334 – c. 2154 BCE)

Main article: Akkadian Period

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2335 – c. 2330 BCE	Akkadian conquest of Kish Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad	Akkad	Kish
	Akkadian conquest of Simurrum Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Simurrum
c. 2330 BCE	Akkadian conquest of Kazallu Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Kazallu
c. 2330 – c. 2316 BCE	Battle of Uruk Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Uruk
	Akkadian conquest of Umma Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Umma
c. 2330 – c. 2300 BCE	Akkadian conquest of Ur Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Ur
	Akkadian conquest of Adab Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Adab
	Akkadian conquest of Lagash Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Lagash
	Akkadian conquest of Nippur Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Nippur
	Sargon's campaign against Gutium Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad		Gutium
c. 2280 – c. 2270 BCE	Akkadian battle against Adab and Zabala Part of the Reconquests of Rimush of Akkad		Adab Zabala
	Akkadian battle against Umma and Kian Part of the Reconquests of Rimush of Akkad		Umma Kian
	Akkadian battle against Ur and Lagash Part of the Reconquests of Rimush of Akkad		Ur Lagash
	Akkadian battle against Kazallu Part of the Reconquests of Rimush of Akkad		Kazallu
	Akkadian reconquest of Der Part of the Reconquests of Rimush of Akkad		Der
c. 2254 BCE	Naram-Suen's war against the rebellious coalitions Part of the Campaigns of Naram-Suen of Akkad		Southern coalition forces: Uruk Ur Lagash Umma Adab Shuruppak Isin Nippur
			Northern coalition forces: Kish Kutha Tiwa Sippar Kazallu Kiritab Apiak Eresh Dilbat Borsippa
c. 2250 – c. 2230 BCE	Naram-Suen's campaign against the Lulubi Part of the Campaigns of Naram-Suen of Akkad		Lulubum
c. 2250 – c. 2220 BCE	Naram-Suen's campaign against the Gutians Part of the Campaigns of Naram-Suen of Akkad		Gutium
c. 2220 – c. 2200 BCE	Gutian conquest of Urbilum Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Urbilum
	Gutian conquest of Nippur Part of the Gutian invasions		Nippur
	Simurrum's conquest of Urbilum Part of the Gutian invasions	Simurrum Lulubum	Gutium
c. 2210 BCE	Sharkalisharri's battle against the Elamites at Akshak Part of the Akkad-Elam war	Akkad	Elam
c. 2202 – c. 2196 BCE	Sharkalisharri's campaign against the Gutians Part of the Gutian invasions		Gutium
c. 2193 – c. 2190 BCE	Gutian conquest of Uruk Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Uruk
c. 2193 BCE	Gutian conquest of Lagash Part of the Gutian invasions		Lagash
c. 2190 – c. 2184 BCE	Gutian conquest of Akkad Part of the Gutian invasions		Akkad
c. 2148 – c. 2146 BCE	Gutian conquest of Sippar Part of the Gutian invasions		Sippar
c. 2127 – c. 2120 BCE	Gutian conquest of Umma Part of the Gutian invasions		Umma

Early Bronze Age IV (c. 2200 – c. 2100 BCE)

Gutian period (c. 2154 – c. 2119 BCE)

Main article: Gutian period

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2218 BCE	Fall of the Gutian dynasty Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Nippur
c. 2193 BCE	Fall of the Gutian dynasty Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Uruk
c. 2190 BCE	Fall of the Gutian dynasty Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Akkad
c. 2130 BCE	Fall of the Gutian dynasty Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Umma
c. 2124 BCE	Fall of the Gutian dynasty Part of the Gutian invasions	Gutium	Lagash
c. 2119 BCE	Fall of the Gutian dynasty Part of the Gutian invasions	Uruk	Gutium

Middle Bronze Age (c. 2100 – c. 1550 BCE)

Middle Bronze Age I (c. 2100 – c. 2000 BCE)

Ur III period (c. 2119 – c. 2004 BCE)

Main article: Ur III period

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 2112 – c. 2100 BCE	Ur-Nammu's conquest of Lagash	Neo-Sumerian Empire	Lagash
c. 2004 BCE	Fall of the Neo-Sumerian Empire	Elam Susa	Neo-Sumerian Empire

Isin-Larsa period (c. 2025 – c. 1763 BCE)

Main article: Isin-Larsa period

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 1822 – c. 1763 BCE	Campaigns of Rim-Sin I	Larsa	Uruk Isin Der Babylon Sutum Rapiqum
c. 1801 – c. 1745 BCE	Elam's Invasion into Mesopotamia	Elam	Eshnunna minor city states
c. 1792 – c. 1750 BCE	Conquests of Hammurabi	Babylon Larsa (before c. 1763 BC) Yamhad Mari (before c. 1763 BC) minor city states	Elam Larsa (after c. 1763 BC) Mari (after c. 1763 BC) Assyria minor city states
c. 1770 – c. 1763 BCE	Elamite attack on Babylon Part of the Conquests of Hammurabi	Babylon Larsa	Elam
c. 1763 BCE	Hammurabi's Conquest on Larsa Part of the Conquests of Hammurabi	Babylon Yamhad Mari	Larsa

Old Babylonian period (c. 1894 – c. 1595 BCE)

Main article: Old Babylonian period

Approximated dates	Name of conflict	Belligerents
		Victorious parties (if applicable)	Defeated parties (if applicable)
c. 1762 – c. 1760 BCE	War between Babylon, Eshnunna and Mari
c. 1760 BCE	Hammurabi's Conquests in the North Part of the Conquests of Hammurabi	Babylon	Mari minor city states
c. 1760 BCE	Hammurabi's War with Assyria Part of the Conquests of Hammurabi	Babylon minor city states	Assyria minor city states
c. 1740 – c. 1595 BCE	Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire	Hittite Empire Kassites troops of Puzur-Sin Assyria Sealand Dynasty	Babylon Amorites
c. 1740 – c. 1570 BCE	Kassite invasions into Babylon Part of the Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire	Kassites	Babylon Remnants of the Babylonian Empire (after c. 1595 BC)
c. 1732 BCE	Puzur-Sin's Uprising Part of the Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire	troops of Puzur-Sin Assyria	Amorites Babylon
c. 1732 – c. 1720 BCE	Assyrian Civil War Part of the Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire	troops of Adasi	troops of Puzur-Sin troops of Ashur-apla-idi troops of Nasir-Sin troops of Sin-namir troops of Ipqi-Ishtar troops of Adad-salulu Amorites Babylon
c. 1732 BCE	Foundation of the Sealand Dynasty Part of the Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire	troops of Ilum-ma-ili	Babylon
c. 1700 BCE	Babylonian attack on the Sealand Dynasty Part of the Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire	Sealand Dynasty	Babylon
c. 1595 BCE	Sack of Babylon Part of the Decline and Fall of the Babylonian Empire Part of the Campaigns of Mursili I	Hittite Empire	Babylon

Kassite period of Babylonia

• circa 1,531 B.C.E. (Short chronology) Fall of Babylon
• circa 1,507 B.C.E. (Short chronology) Kassite attacks on Babylon

The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty

• circa 1,232 B.C.E. — 1,225 B.C.E. (Short chronology) Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeated Kashtiliash IV, the Kassite king of Babylon and captured the city of Babylon to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia
• circa 1,157 B.C.E. — 1,155 B.C.E. (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

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty

• circa 1,125 B.C.E. — 1,104 B.C.E. (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's War with Elam

Meso-Assyrian Empire

• 1,114 B.C.E. — 1,076 B.C.E. Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria launched campaigns against the Mushki, the Hittites, and the Arameans
• circa 1,074 B.C.E. In the first year of the reign of the 89th Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, Ashur-bel-kala campaigned in the north against the Kingdom of Urartu

Neo-Assyrian Empire

• 911 B.C.E. — 605 B.C.E. Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • 883 B.C.E. — 859 B.C.E. Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II
  • 859 B.C.E. — 824 B.C.E. Campaigns of Shalmaneser III

Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.

• • 745 B.C.E. — 727 B.C.E. Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III
  • 722 B.C.E. — 705 B.C.E. Campaigns of Sargon II
    • 710 B.C.E. Campaign against Babylonia
  • 705 B.C.E. — 681 B.C.E. Campaigns of Sennacherib
    • 703 B.C.E. — 689 B.C.E. War with Babylon
      • 693 B.C.E. Battle of Diyala River
      • 693 B.C.E. Siege of Babylon
  • 681 B.C.E. — 669 B.C.E. Campaigns of Esarhaddon
  • 668 B.C.E. — 627 B.C.E. Campaigns of Ashurbanipal
  • 627 B.C.E. — 624 B.C.E. Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
    • 626 B.C.E. Revolt of Babylon
  • 616 B.C.E. Battle of Arrapha
  • 627 B.C.E. — 624 B.C.E. Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
    • 626 B.C.E. — 619 B.C.E. Last Strike against Babylon
    • 616 B.C.E. — 605 B.C.E. War in the Assyrian heartlands
      • 614 B.C.E. Fall of Assur
      • 612 B.C.E. Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians
      • 612 B.C.E. Battle of Nineveh
  • 627 B.C.E. — 624 B.C.E. Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
  • 612 B.C.E. — 609 B.C.E. Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II
    • 610 B.C.E. Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares
    • 609 B.C.E. Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
    • Egyptian-Babylonian wars
      • 605 B.C.E. Battle of Carchemish

Neo-Babylonian Empire

The Neo-Babylonian Empire

• • 627 B.C.E. — 624 B.C.E. Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
    • 626 B.C.E. Revolt of Babylon
  • 616 B.C.E. Battle of Arrapha
  • 627 B.C.E. — 624 B.C.E. Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
    • 626 B.C.E. — 619 B.C.E. Last Strike against Babylon
    • 616 B.C.E. — 605 B.C.E. War in the Assyrian heartlands
      • 614 B.C.E. Fall of Assur
      • 612 B.C.E. Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians
      • 612 B.C.E. Battle of Nineveh
  • 627 B.C.E. — 624 B.C.E. Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
  • 612 B.C.E. — 609 B.C.E. Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II
    • 610 B.C.E. Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares
    • 609 B.C.E. Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
    • Egyptian-Babylonian wars
      • 605 B.C.E. Battle of Carchemish

Achaemenid Province of Athura

• 559 B.C.E. — 530 B.C.E. Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
  • September 25, 539 B.C.E. — September 28, 539 B.C.E. Battle of Opis
  • October 29, 539 B.C.E. Capture of Babylon

Macedonian Empire

• 335 B.C.E. — 323 B.C.E. Wars of Alexander the Great

Wars of Alexander the Great

• • October 1, 331 B.C.E. Battle of Gaugamela

Seleucid Empire

• 322 B.C.E. — 275 B.C.E. Wars of the Diadochi
  • 311 B.C.E. — 309 B.C.E. Babylonian War

Parthian Empire

• 238 B.C.E. — 129 B.C.E. Seleucid–Parthian wars
  • 238 B.C.E. Parni conquest of Parthia
  • 129 B.C.E. Battle of Ecbatana

Roman Province of Mesopotamia

Expansion of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire

• 92 B.C.E. — 629 C.E. Roman–Persian Wars
  • • 198 C.E. Battle of Ctesiphon
    • 243 C.E. Battle of Resaena
  • 66 B.C.E. — 217 C.E. Roman–Parthian Wars
    • 40 B.C.E. — 33 B.C.E. Antony's Parthian War
    • 161 C.E. — 166 C.E. Roman–Parthian War
    • 213 C.E. — 217 C.E. Parthian war of Caracalla
      • 217 C.E. Battle of Nisibis

Sassanid Province of Asorestan

• 217 C.E. — 502 C.E. Roman-Sassanid Wars
  • Winter of 244 C.E. Battle of Misiche
  • 253 C.E. Battle of Barbalissos
  • 260 C.E. Battle of Edessa
  • 264 C.E. Battle of Ctesiphon
  • 344 C.E. Battle of Satala
  • 359 C.E. Siege of Singara
  • 359 C.E. Siege of Amida
  • April 27, 363 C.E. — April 29, 363 C.E. Siege of Pirisabora
  • May 29, 363 C.E. Battle of Ctesiphon
  • June 363 C.E. Battle of Samarra

Julian's unsuccessful campaign in 363 C.E. resulted in the loss of the Roman territorial gains under the peace treaty of 299.

• circa 240 C.E. — 272 C.E. Assur is destroyed by the Sassanid king Shapur I

Medieval Times

Sassanid Province of Asorestan

• 502 C.E. — 628 C.E. Byzantine–Sassanid wars
  • 502 C.E. — 506 C.E. Anastasian War
  • 526 C.E. — 532 C.E. Iberian War
  • 572 C.E. — 591 C.E. Byzantine–Sassanid War
  • circa 602 C.E. — circa 628 C.E. Byzantine–Sassanid War
• 633 C.E. — 644 C.E. Muslim conquest of Persia

Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's conquest of Iraq in 633 C.E.

• • April 633 C.E. Battle of River
  • May 633 C.E. Battle of Walaja
  • May 633 C.E. Battle of Ullais
  • May 633 C.E. Battle of Hira
  • 633 C.E. Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
  • November 633 C.E. Battle of Muzayyah
  • November 633 C.E. Battle of Saniyy
  • November 633 C.E. Battle of Zumail
  • January 634 C.E. Battle of Firaz
  • November 634 C.E. Battle of the Bridge
  • November 16, 636 C.E. — November 19, 636 C.E. Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
  • January 637 C.E. — March 637 C.E. Siege of Ctesiphon
  • April 637 C.E. Battle of Jalula

Rashidun Caliphate

• 633 C.E. — 644 C.E. Muslim conquest of Persia

Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate

• • April 633 C.E. Battle of River
  • May 633 C.E. Battle of Walaja
  • May 633 C.E. Battle of Ullais
  • May 633 C.E. Battle of Hira
  • 633 C.E. Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
  • November 633 C.E. Battle of Muzayyah
  • November 633 C.E. Battle of Saniyy
  • November 633 C.E. Battle of Zumail
  • January 634 C.E. Battle of Firaz
  • November 634 C.E. Battle of the Bridge
  • November 16, 636 C.E. — November 19, 636 C.E. Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
  • January 637 C.E. — March 637 C.E. Siege of Ctesiphon
  • April 637 C.E. Battle of Jalula
• 656 C.E. — 661 C.E. First Islamic Civil War
  • 656 C.E. Battle of the Camel
  • 659 C.E. Battle of Nahrawan

Umayyad Caliphate

• 680 C.E. — 692 C.E. Second Islamic Civil War
  • October 10, 680 C.E. Battle of Karbala
  • 692 C.E. Battle of Maskin
• 743 C.E. — 750 C.E. Third Islamic Civil War

The Caliphate at the beginning of the Abbasid revolt, before the Battle of the Zab.

• June 9, 746 C.E. — July 750 C.E. Abbasid Revolution
  • January 25, 750 C.E. Battle of the Zab

Abbasid Caliphate

• September 763 C.E. — February 763 C.E. Alid Revolt
• 809 C.E. — 827 C.E. Fourth Islamic Civil War
  • 812 C.E. — 813 C.E. Siege of Baghdad
• 861 C.E. — 870 C.E. Anarchy at Samarra
• Buyid-Hamdanid Wars
  • 946 C.E. Battle of Baghdad
• Abbasid-Seljuq Wars
  • 1,157 C.E. Siege of Baghdad

Mongol Empire

• 1,206 C.E. — 1,337 C.E. Mongol invasions and conquests
  • 1,258 C.E. Siege of Baghdad

Expansion of the Mongol Empire

Timurid Empire

• 1,370 C.E. — 1,405 C.E. Assyrian people are massacred at Assur by Timur

Modern Times

Ottoman Iraq

• 1,514 C.E. — 1,823 C.E. Ottoman–Persian Wars
  • 1,532 C.E. — 1,555 C.E. Ottoman–Safavid War
    • 1,534 C.E. Capture of Baghdad
  • 1,623 C.E. — 1,639 C.E. Ottoman–Safavid War
    • 1,623 C.E. Capture of Baghdad
    • 1,638 C.E. Capture of Baghdad
• July 28, 1,914 C.E. — November 11, 1,918 C.E. World War I
  • October 29, 1,914 C.E. — October 30, 1,918 C.E. Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
    • November 6, 1,914 C.E. — 14 November 1,918 C.E. Mesopotamian campaign
      • November 6, 1,914 C.E. Fao Landing
      • November 11, 1,914 C.E. — November 21, 1,914 C.E. Battle of Basra
      • December 3, 1,914 C.E. — December 9, 1,914 C.E. Battle of Qurna
      • April 12, 1,915 C.E. — April 14, 1,915 C.E. Battle of Shaiba

July 1,915, British offence in Iraq during World War I

• • • • September 28, 1,915 C.E. Battle of Es Sinn
      • November 22, 1,915 C.E. — 25 November 1,915 C.E. Battle of Ctesiphon
      • December 7, 1,915 C.E. — April 29, 1,916 C.E. Siege of Kut
      • January 6, 1,916 C.E. — January 8, 1,916 C.E. Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
      • January 13, 1,916 C.E. Battle of Wadi
      • January 21, 1,916 C.E. Battle of Hanna
      • March 8, 1,916 C.E. Battle of Dujaila
      • March 8, 1,917 C.E. — March 11, 1,917 C.E. Fall of Baghdad
      • February 23, 1,917 C.E. Second Battle of Kut
      • March 13, 1,917 C.E. — April 23, 1,917 C.E. Samarrah Offensive
      • September 28, 1,917 C.E. — September 29, 1,917 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
      • March 26, 1,918 C.E. — March 27, 1,918 C.E. Action of Khan Baghdadi
      • October 23, 1,918 C.E. — October 30, 1,918 C.E. Battle of Sharqat

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

• May 1,920 C.E. — October 1,920 C.E. Iraqi revolt against the British

Kingdom of Iraq

• September 1, 1,939 C.E. — September 2, 1,945 C.E. World War II
  • June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • May 2, 1,941 C.E. — May 31, 1,941 C.E. Anglo-Iraqi War
      • April 1, 1,941 C.E. Iraq coup
• 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
  • November 1,922 C.E. — July 1,924 C.E. Mahmud Barzanji revolts
  • 1,931 C.E. — 1,932 C.E. Ahmed Barzani revolt
  • 1,943 C.E. — October 1,945 C.E. Barzani revolt

Ba'athist Iraq

• 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
  • September 11, 1,961 C.E. — 1,970 C.E. First Kurdish–Iraqi War
  • April 1,974 C.E. — Mid 1,975 C.E. Second Kurdish–Iraqi War
  • 1,975 C.E. — 1,983 C.E. PUK insurgency
  • September 1,983 C.E. — September 1,988 C.E. Kurdish Rebellion
  • May 1,994 C.E. — November 24, 1,997 C.E. Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
• September 22, 1,980 C.E. — August 20, 1,988 C.E. First Persian Gulf War
  • 1,980 C.E. Iraqi invasion
    • September 23, 1,980 C.E. Operation Kaman 99
    • October 29, 1,980 C.E. Operation Sultan 10
    • September 30, 1,980 C.E. Operation Scorch Sword
    • November 28, 1,980 C.E. — November 29, 1,980 C.E. Operation Morvarid
  • 1,981 C.E. Stalemate
    • April 4, 1,981 C.E. Attack on H3
  • 1,982 C.E. Iranian offensive
    • Early July 1,982 C.E. Operation Ramadan
  • 1,983 C.E. — 1,985 C.E. Strategic stalemate
    • February 6, 1,983 C.E. — February 26, 1,983 Operation Before the Dawn
    • April 10, 1,983 C.E. Operation Dawn 1
    • July 22, 1,983 C.E. Operation Dawn 2
    • July 30, 1,983 C.E. — August 9, 1,983 Operation Dawn 3
    • October 19, 1,983 C.E. — mid November 1,983 Operation Dawn 4
    • Early 1,984 C.E. Operation Dawn 5
    • February 14, 1,984 C.E. — March 19, 1,984 Operation Kheibar
    • February 22, 1,984 C.E. — February 24, 1,984 C.E. Operation Dawn 6
    • 1,984 C.E. Battle of the Marshes
    • March 10, 1,985 C.E. — March 20, 1,985 C.E. Operation Badr
  • 1,986 C.E. — 1,987 C.E. Duel offensives
    • 1,986 C.E. — 1,989 C.E. Al-Anfal Campaign
    • March 16, 1,988 C.E. Halabja poison gas attack
    • February 9, 1,986 C.E. — February 25, 1,986 C.E. Operation Dawn 8
    • February 11, 1,986 C.E. First Battle of al-Faw
    • December 25, 1,986 C.E. — 27 December 1,986 C.E. Operation Karbala-4
    • January 8, 1,987 C.E. — February 26, 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala-5
    • Early 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala-6
    • May 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala 10
    • May 1,987 C.E. — early June 1,987 C.E. Operation Nasr 4
  • 1,988 C.E. Final stages
    • Mid-March 1,988 C.E. Operation Zafar 7
    • April 17, 1,988 C.E. Second Battle of al-Faw
  • 1,981 C.E. International incidents
    • June 7, 1,981 C.E. Operation Opera
• August 2, 1,990 C.E. — February 28, 1,991 C.E. Second Persian Gulf War
  • 1,991 C.E. Operation Desert Storm
    • February 15, 1,991 C.E. — February 20, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Wadi Al-Batin
  • January 17, 1,991 C.E. — February 23, 1,991 C.E. Gulf War air campaign
    • January 19, 1991 C.E. Package Q Strike
    • February 13, 1991 C.E. 4:30 am (GMT+3) Amiriyah shelter bombing
  • February 24, 1,991 C.E. — February 28, 1,991 C.E. Liberation of Kuwait campaign

Ground troop movements 24–28 February 1991 during Operation Desert Storm

• • • February 26, 1,991 C.E. — February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of 73 Easting
    • February 26, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Phase Line Bullet
    • February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Medina Ridge
    • February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle for Jalibah Airfield
    • February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Norfolk
    • March 2, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Rumaila
    • March 1, 1,991 C.E. Safwan Airfield Standoff
• March 1, 1,991 C.E. — April 5, 1,991 C.E. Uprisings in Iraq
  • March 1, 1,991 C.E. — mid-April 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Basra
  • March 5, 1,991 C.E. — March 19, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Karbala
  • March 5, 1,991 C.E. — April 3, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Sulaymaniyah
  • March 11, 1,991 C.E. — March 29, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Kirkuk
  • March 10, 1,991 C.E. — March 24, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Tuz Khormato
• 1,991 C.E. — 2,002 C.E. Air engagements of the Post Gulf War
  • March 20, 1,991 C.E. — In accordance with the ceasefire, an F-15C shoots down an Iraqi Su-22 bomber with an AIM-9 missile.
  • March 22, 1,991 C.E. — In accordance with the ceasefire, an F-15C shoots down an Iraqi Su-22 bomber with an AIM-9 missile.
  • December 27, 1,992 C.E. — A MiG-25 crossed the no-fly zone and an F-16D shot it down with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. It is the first kill with an AIM-120.
  • January 17, 1,993 C.E. — A USAF F-16C shoots down a MiG-23 when the MiG locks the F-16 up.
  • January 5, 1,999 C.E. — A group of four Iraqi MiG-25s crossed the no-fly zones and sparked a dogfight with two patrolling F-15Cs and two patrolling F-14s. A total of six missiles were fired at the MiGs, none of which hit them. The MiGs then bugged out using their superior speed.
  • September 9, 1,999 C.E. — A lone MiG-23 crossed the no-fly zone heading towards a flight of F-14s. One F-14 fired an AIM-54 Phoenix at the MiG but missed and the MiG headed back north.
  • December 23, 2,002 C.E. — In what was the last aerial victory for the Iraqi Air Force before Operation Iraqi Freedom, an Iraqi MiG-25 destroyed an American UAV RQ-1 Predator after the drone opened fire on the Iraqi aircraft with a Stinger missile.
• September 3, 1,996 C.E. Operation Desert Strike
• December 16, 1,998 C.E. – December 19, 1,998 C.E. Operation Desert Fox
• March 20, 2,003 C.E. — December 15, 2,011 C.E. Third Persian Gulf War

Map of the invasion routes and major operations/battles of the Iraq War as of 2007.

• • March 19, 2,003 C.E. — May 1, 2,003 C.E. Invasion of Iraq
    • March 21, 2,003 C.E. — March 25, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Umm Qasr
    • March 20, 2,003 C.E. — March 24, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Al Faw
    • March 21, 2,003 C.E. — April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Basra
    • March 23, 2,003 C.E. — March 29, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Nasiriyah
    • March 24, 2,003 C.E. Attack on Karbala
    • March 24, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Najaf
    • March 26, 2,003 C.E. — Operation Northern Delay
    • March 28, 2,003 C.E. — March 30, 2,003 C.E. Operation Viking Hammer
    • March 30, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Samawah
    • March 31, 2,003 C.E. — April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Karbala
    • April 2, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of the Karbala Gap
    • April 3, 2,003 C.E. — April 12, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Baghdad
    • April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Debecka Pass

Coalition Provisional Authority

• 2,003 C.E. — 2,004 C.E. Post-invasion insurgency
  • March 20, 2,003 C.E. — December 7, 2,011 C.E. Iraq War in Anbar Province
  • October 26, 2,003 C.E. — November 24, 2,003 C.E. Ramadan Offensive
  • December 13, 2,003 C.E. Operation Red Dawn
  • April 4, 2,004 C.E. — June 24, 2,004 C.E. Iraq spring fighting
  • April 4, 2,004 C.E. — May 1, 2,004 C.E. First Battle of Fallujah
  • April 4, 2,004 C.E. — May 11, 2,008 C.E. Siege of Sadr City
  • April 6, 2004 C.E. — April 10, 2004 Battle of Ramadi
  • April 17, 2004 C.E. Battle of Husaybah
  • August 5, 2004 C.E. — August 27, 2004 Battle of Najaf
  • August 5, 2004 C.E. — August 28, 2004 CIMIC-House
  • October 1, 2004 C.E. — October 3, 2004 Battle of Samarra
  • November 7, 2004 C.E. — December 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah
  • November 8, 2004 C.E. — November 16, 2004 Battle of Mosul

Republic of Iraq

• 2,005 C.E. — 2,006 C.E. Post-invasion insurgency
  • May 8, 2,005 C.E. — May 19, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Al Qaim
  • August 1, 2,005 C.E. — August 4, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Haditha
  • September 1, 2,005 C.E. — September 18, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Tal Afar
  • June 17, 2,006 C.E. — November 15, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
  • August 28, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Diwaniya
• February 2,006 C.E. — May 2,008 C.E. Civil war in Iraq
  • September 23, 2,006 C.E. — October 22, 2,006 C.E. Ramadan Offensive
  • September 27, 2,006 C.E. — February 18, 2,007 C.E. Operation Sinbad
  • October 19, 2,006 C.E. — October 20, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Amarah
  • November 15, 2,006 C.E. — November 16, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Turki
  • December 25, 2,006 C.E. — October 1, 2,007 C.E. Diyala campaign
  • January 6, 2,007 C.E. — January 9, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Haifa Street
  • January 20, 2,007 C.E. Karbala provincial headquarters raid
  • January 28, 2,007 C.E. — January 29, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Najaf
  • February 14, 2,007 C.E. — November 24, 2,007 C.E. Operation Imposing Law
  • February 27, 2,007 C.E. — September 3, 2,007 C.E. Siege of U.K. bases in Basra
  • April 6, 2,007 C.E. — April 10, 2,007 C.E. Operation Black Eagle
  • June 16, 2,007 C.E. — August 14, 2007 C.E. Operation Phantom Thunder
  • March 10, 2,007 C.E. — August 19, 2007 C.E. Battle of Baqubah
  • June 30, 2,007 C.E. — July 1, 2007 C.E. Battle of Donkey Island
  • February 15, 2,007 C.E. Operation Shurta Nasir
  • August 27, 2,007 C.E. — August 29, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Karbala
  • January 8, 2,008 C.E. — July 28, 2,008 C.E. Operation Phantom Phoenix
  • January 18, 2,008 C.E. — January 19, 2,008 C.E. Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting
  • January 23, 2,008 C.E. — July 28, 2,008 C.E. Ninawa campaign
  • March 25, 2,008 C.E. — May 15, 2,008 C.E. Iraq spring fighting
  • March 25, 2,008 C.E. — March 31, 2,008 C.E. Battle of Basra
  • April 15, 2,008 C.E. — May 19, 2,008 C.E. Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
• March 15, 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Arab Winter
  • 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
    • December 18, 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Iraqi insurgency
      • January 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Iraq crisis
        • August 7, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Northern Iraq offensive
          • June 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing American intervention in Iraq
            • August 3, 2,014 C.E. — August 14, 2,014 C.E. Sinjar massacre

See also

• List of wars involving Iraq
• Iraqi Army
• Iraqi Navy
• Iraqi Air Force
• Iraqi Armed Forces
• Iraqi Special Operations Forces
• Military history of Iraq

References

Sources

Bibliography

Further reading

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