List of wars: before 1000

This is a list of wars that began before 1000 AD. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

Prehistoric warfare

+Early estimateLate estimateLocationAssociated cultureJebel SahabaQadan culture?NatarukUnknownArnhem LandAboriginal AustraliansIberian Mediterranean Basin

Morella la Vella Les Dogue Val del Charco del Agua AmargaUnknownEls Trocs caveMigrating Neolithic farmers / indigenous Hunter-gatherersSchöneck-KilianstädtenLinear Pottery cultureTalheimSchletzHamoukarUruk?Ötztal AlpsUnknown

c. 3400–1000 BC

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Victorious Defeatedc. 3400–3100 BCEnmerkar's campaigns against Aratta*Uruk under EnmerkarArattac. 3250 BCUnification of Upper Egypt*Thinite Confederacy under Scorpion IRival city-states of Upper Egypt, incl. Taurus (Bull)c. 3200 BCNaqada III northern expansionNaqada III Maadi-Buto culturec. 3100 BCUpper Egypt annexation of Lower Egypt*Upper Egypt under NarmerLower Egypt under Washc. 3100 BCBurning of ArslantepeWFrangipane, Marcella. "The Arslantepe Royal Tomb: A Unique Discovery from the Early Bronze Age I Period." Paléorient 29, no. 2 (2003): 143-157.Kura–AraxesArslantepec. 3100 BCHor-Aha's Nubia Campaign*W. M. Flinders Petrie: The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties 1901, Part II, London 1901, Taf. XI,1EgyptNubiac. 3000 BCDjer's campaigns into SinaiWilkinson, Toby A. H. (1999). Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge. p. 79EgyptSetjetc. 3000 BCDjer's campaigns into Libya"First Dynasty of Egypt". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 28 July 2025.EgyptTjehenuc. 2970 BCDen's Eastern CampaignWilkinson, Toby A. H. (1999). Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge. pp. 84, 133, 148.EgyptSetjetc. 2900 BCCivil war between Horus Bird and SneferkaPeter Kaplony: "Er ist ein Liebling der Frauen" – Ein "neuer" König und eine neue Theorie zu den Kronprinzen sowie zu den Staatsgöttinnen (Kronengöttinnen) der 1./2. Dynastie. In: Manfred Bietak: Ägypten und Levante. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2006 ; pp. 126–127.Dietrich Wildung: Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt. pp. 36–41.Wolfgang Helck: Untersuchungen zur Thinitenzeit. (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ; p.117Reconciliation under Hotepsekhemwyc. 2900 BC – 2700 BCKish-Elam War*Frayne, Douglas R, "KIŠ", in Presargonic Period: Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700–2350 BC), The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Vol 1, pp. 49–60, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008 Kish under EnmebaragesiElamc. 2760-2740 BCSecond Dynasty Civil WarKhasekhemwyLower Egyptc. 2600 BCAga's Siege of UrukSherman Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore p. 201Uruk under GilgameshKish under Agac. 2600 BCCampaigns of SneferuAn Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, p. 144The Complete Royal Families, p. 50EgyptNubia Libya Levantc. 2500 BCCampaigns of Ur-NansheLagashUr Ummac. 2450 BCCampaigns of EannatumLagashUr Uruk Larsa Nippur Akshak Umma and othersc. 2440 BCCampaigns of EnshakushannaUrukHamazi Akkad Kish Nippurc. 2423 BCc. 2300 BCMari-Ebla WarMariEbla Nagar Emar Kish Armic. 2400 BCUmma's first war of independence*Lagash under Enannatum IUmma under Ur-Lummac. 2365 BCLugal-Anne-Mundu's campaign on UrAdabUrc. 2400 BCc. 2400 BCUmma's second war of independenceLagashUrukUmmac. 2350 BCc. 2350 BCCampaigns of Lugal-zage-siCrawford, Harriet E.W. Sumer and the Sumerians. Cambridge University Press, 2004. . p. 33.UmmaKish Lagash Ur Nippur Larsa UrukLate 24th century BCFormation of the Akkadian EmpireSamuel Noah Kramer, The Sumerians, Chicago University Press, 1971, Akkad Kish (after being conquered)Kish (before being conquered) Lagash Uruk Umma Ur KazalluEarly 23rd century BCSargon's campaigns northeast of the Akkadian EmpireAkkadMari Yarmuti EblaEarly 23rd century BCSargon's invasion of ElamAkkadElam Susa Marhasic. 2230 BCc. 2230 BCNaram-Sin's campaign on the LullubiAkkadLullubic. 2220 BCc. 2150 BCGutian raids and conquests in the Akkadian EmpireGutiumAkkadc. 2100 BCc. 2100 BCGutian conquest of ElamGutiumElamc. 2119 BCc. 2119 BCFall of the Gutian dynastyUrukGutiumc. 2112 BCc. 2112 BCUr-Nammu's conquest of LagashUrLagashc. 2004 BCc. 2004 BCFall of the Neo-Sumerian EmpireElamSusaUrc. 2000 BCc. 2000 BCWar in PersenbetSegerseniUnclearc. 1822 BCc. 1763 BCCampaigns of Rim-Sin ILarsaUruk Isin Der Babylon Sutum Rapiqumc. 1801 BCc. 1770 BCElam's Invasion into MesopotamiaElamBabylon MariEshnunnaMinor city statesc. 1765 BCc. 1764 BCElamite WarBabylon Mari YamhadElamc. 1763 BCc. 1763 BCHammurabi's Conquest on LarsaBabylon Yamhad MariLarsac. 1760 BCc. 1760 BCHammurabi's Conquests in the NorthBabylonMari Minor city statesc. 1760 BCc. 1760 BCHammurabi's War with AssyriaBabylon Minor city statesAssyria Minor city statesc. 1742 BCc. 1739 BCBabylonian RebellionBabylonBabylonian rebelsc. 1740 BCc. 1570 BCKassite invasions into Babylon KassitesBabylon Remnants of the Babylonian Empire (after c. 1595 BC)c. 1732 BCc. 1732 BCPuzur-Sin's Uprising AssyriaAmorites Babylonc. 1732 BCc. 1726 or 1720 BCAssyrian Civil WarTroops of AdasiTroops 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 Babylonc. 1732 BCc. 1732 BCFoundation of the Sealand dynasty Troops of Ilum-ma-iliBabylonc. 1700 BCc. 1700 BCBabylonian Attack on the Sealand DynastySealand dynastyBabylonc. 1650 BCc. 1620 BCCampaigns of Hattusili IBryce, Trevor R., (2018). "The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I", in Gephyra 16, November 2018, pp. 1–12.Hittite EmpireAlalakh Arzawa Hurrians Smaller Syrian city statesc. 1600 BCc. 1600 BCXia–Shang WarShang Rebel ForcesXia dynastyc. 1600 BCc. 1595 BCCampaigns of Mursili IHittite EmpireYamhad Babylon Smaller Syrian city statesc. 1595 BCc. 1595 BCSack of BabylonHittite EmpireBabylonc. 1523 BCc. 1517 BCConquest of the HyksosEgyptHyksosc. 1506 BCc. 1502 BCCampaigns of Thutmose IEgyptian EmpireNubiac. 1493 BCbefore c. 1479 BCCampaigns of Thutmose IIEgyptian EmpireNubia Shasuc. 1457 BCc. 1456 BCThutmose III's First Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireCanaan Kadesh Megiddo Mitannic. 1456 BCc. 1455 BCThutmose III's Second Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireCanaan Retjenuc. 1455 BCc. 1454 BCThutmose III's Third Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireCanaan Retjenuc. 1454 BCc. 1453 BCThutmose III's Fourth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireCanaan Retjenuc. 1450 BCc. 1449 BCThutmose III's Fifth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireCanaan Retjenu Kadesh Tunip Phoeniciac. 1449 BCc. 1448 BCThutmose III's Sixth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireByblos Retjenu Kadeshc. 1448 BCc. 1447 BCThutmose III's Seventh Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireRetjenu Phoeniciac. 1447 BCc. 1446 BCThutmose III's Attack on Mitanni (Eighth Syria Campaign)*Egyptian EmpireMitannic. 1445 BCc. 1444 BCThutmose III's Ninth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireNuhaššec. 1444 BCc. 1443 BCThutmose III's Tenth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireMitannic. 1443 BCc. 1442 BCThutmose III's Eleventh Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireUnknownc. 1442 BCc. 1441 BCThutmose III's Twelfth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireUnknownc. 1441 BCc. 1440 BCThutmose III's Thirteenth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireNuhaššec. 1440 BCc. 1439 BCThutmose III's Fourteenth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireShasuc. 1439 BCc. 1438 BCThutmose III's Fifteenth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireUnknownc. 1438 BCc. 1437 BCThutmose III's Sixteenth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireUnknownc. 1437 BCc. 1436 BCThutmose III's Seventeenth Syria Campaign*Egyptian EmpireMitanni Tunip Kadeshc. 1430 BCc. 1200 BCKaska invasions into the Hittite EmpireHittite EmpireKaska Azzi-Hayasa Mushkic. 1429 BCc. 1428 BCThutmose III's Nubian Campaign*Egyptian EmpireNubiac. 14th century BCBattle of the Ten KingsTrtsu-BharataAlina Anu Bhrigus Bhalanas Dasa Druhyus Mātsyeyas Persians Puru Panisc. 1400 BCc. 1350 BCHittite Wars of SurvivalThe HittitesKaskaHayasa-AzziIsuwaArzawac. 1345 BCc. 1345 BCGreat Syrian WarThe HittitesMitannic. 1315 BCc. 1315 BCArzawa RevoltArzawa AhhiyawaHittite Empirec. 1276 BCc. 1275 BCRamesses II's First Syrian CampaignEgyptCanaan Amurru kingdomc. 1274 BCc. 1274 BCRamesses II's Second Syrian campaignLorna Oakes, Pyramids, Temples & Tombs of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Atlas of the Land of the Pharaohs, Hermes House: 2003, p. 142.Around "Year 5 III Shemu day 9" of Ramesses II's reign (James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. III, p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC.Hittite EmpireNew Kingdom of Egyptc. 1270 BCc. 1270 BCRamesses II's Third Syrian Campaign EgyptHittite Empirec. 1270 BCc. 1269 BCRamesses II's Later Syrian CampaignsNew Kingdom of EgyptHittite Empirec. 1267 BCc. 1267 BCHittite Civil War of 1267 B.C.Hattusili IIIMursili IIIc. 1260 BCc. 1260 BCRamesses II's Nubian CampaignsEgyptNubiac. 1260 BCc. 1255 BCPiyama-Radu RevoltPiyama-Radu AhhiyawaHittite Empirec. 1250 BCc. 1250 BCRamesses II's Libyan CampaignsEgyptLibyac. 1235 BCc. 1235 BCBabylonian–Assyrian War of 1235 BCAssyriaBabyloniac. 1206 BCc. 1150 BCLate Bronze Age collapseSea peoplesc. 1203 BCc. 1187 BCWars of succession in 19th Dynasty EgyptSetnakhte Amenmesse, Seti II and Tausretc. 1194 BCc. 1184 BCTrojan WarAchaeans (mainly Mycenaens and Spartans)Troyc. 1190 BCc. 1190 BCDestruction of UgaritUnknown (probably the Sea Peoples)Ugaritc. 1184–1155 BCElamite invasion of BabyloniaElam Babyloniac. 1110 BCc. 1110 BCBabylonian War with ElamBabyloniaElamc. 1100 BCc. 1100 BCKurukshetra warForces of Pandavas under YudhishthiraForces of Kauravas under Duryodhanac. 1046 BCc. 1046 BCShang–Zhou WarZhou rebel forcesShang dynastyc. 1042 BCc. 1039 BCRebellion of the Three GuardsKing Cheng of Zhou Shu Du of Cai

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