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500 CE – 1500 CE

Conflicts of the Middle Ages

118 conflicts whose span overlaps this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

Europe · 39

Frankish Conquest of Gaul 486 CE – 507 CE Vandalic War 533 CE – 534 CE Gothic War (Italian Reconquest) 535 CE – 554 CE Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591 572 CE – 591 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars 629 CE – 1180 CE Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars 681 CE – 1018 CE Muslim Conquest of Iberia 711 CE – 718 CE Reconquista 711 CE – 1492 CE Charlemagne's Saxon Wars 772 CE – 804 CE Viking Invasions 793 CE – 1066 CE Carolingian Civil Wars 840 CE – 843 CE Wars of the Kievan Rus' 860 CE – 1240 CE Magyar Invasions of Europe 899 CE – 955 CE Fitna of al-Andalus 1009 CE – 1031 CE Byzantine–Seljuk Wars 1048 CE – 1081 CE Kipchak–Cuman Wars with Kievan Rus 1055 CE – 1223 CE Norman Conquest of Southern Italy 1061 CE – 1091 CE Norman Conquest of England 1066 CE The Anarchy 1135 CE – 1153 CE Wars of the Lombard League 1160 CE – 1183 CE Northern Crusades / Baltic Crusades 1193 CE – 1290 CE Albigensian Crusade 1209 CE – 1229 CE First Barons' War 1215 CE – 1217 CE Second Barons' War 1264 CE – 1267 CE War of the Sicilian Vespers 1282 CE – 1302 CE Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296 CE – 1560 CE Wars of Scottish Independence 1296 CE – 1357 CE Hundred Years' War 1337 CE – 1453 CE Ottoman Wars in Europe 1354 CE – 1453 CE Jacquerie 1358 CE Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans 1371 CE – 1459 CE Muscovite–Mongol Wars 1380 CE – 1480 CE English Peasants' Revolt 1381 CE Hussite Wars 1419 CE – 1434 CE Fall of Constantinople 1453 CE Wars of the Roses 1455 CE – 1487 CE Crimean Khanate Slave Raids 1468 CE – 1769 CE Burgundian Wars 1474 CE – 1477 CE Italian Wars 1494 CE – 1559 CE

Middle East · 15

Aksumite–Himyarite Wars 270 CE – 525 CE Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 602 CE – 628 CE Early Muslim Conquests 632 CE – 750 CE First Arab Invasions of Nubia 641 CE – 652 CE Khazar-Arab Wars 642 CE – 799 CE First Fitna (Islamic Civil War) 656 CE – 661 CE Second Fitna 680 CE – 692 CE Abbasid Revolution 747 CE – 750 CE Zanj Rebellion 869 CE – 883 CE Fatimid Conquest of Egypt 969 CE – 973 CE Seljuk Turkish Conquests 1037 CE – 1092 CE The Crusades 1096 CE – 1291 CE Khwarezmian Empire Expansion 1141 CE – 1218 CE Mongol Invasion of Khwarezmia 1219 CE – 1221 CE Tokhtamysh–Timur War 1386 CE – 1395 CE

South Asia · 6

Hephthalite Wars 420 CE – 560 CE Ghaznavid Conquests of India 1001 CE – 1030 CE Chola Conquests 1010 CE – 1044 CE Pagan Empire Wars 1044 CE – 1287 CE Delhi Sultanate Wars 1206 CE – 1398 CE Vijayanagara Empire Wars 1336 CE – 1565 CE

East Asia · 23

Göktürk Wars 552 CE – 744 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars 598 CE – 614 CE Tang Unification Wars 617 CE – 628 CE Uyghur Khaganate Wars 744 CE – 840 CE An Lushan Rebellion 755 CE – 763 CE Wars of the Khmer Empire 802 CE – 1431 CE Khitan Liao Wars 907 CE – 1125 CE Song–Liao Wars 979 CE – 1005 CE Champa–Đại Việt Wars 982 CE – 1471 CE Chola Invasion of Srivijaya 1017 CE – 1025 CE Song-Western Xia Wars 1038 CE – 1227 CE Song–Jin Wars 1115 CE – 1234 CE Khmer–Cham Wars 1177 CE – 1220 CE Genpei War 1180 CE – 1185 CE Goryeo-Mongol Wars 1231 CE – 1270 CE Mongol Conquest of Song China 1235 CE – 1279 CE Mongol Invasions of Vietnam 1258 CE – 1288 CE Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 CE – 1281 CE Red Turban Rebellion 1351 CE – 1368 CE Wars of Ayutthaya 1351 CE – 1767 CE Wars of Lan Xang 1353 CE – 1707 CE Ōnin War 1467 CE – 1477 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) 1467 CE – 1615 CE

Africa · 9

Kanem–Bornu Wars 700 CE – 1846 CE Ghana Empire Wars 750 CE – 1076 CE Ghana–Almoravid Conflict 1054 CE – 1083 CE Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars 1100 CE – 1629 CE Almohad Conquests 1121 CE – 1269 CE Mali Empire Conquests 1235 CE – 1340 CE Wars of the Mali Empire 1235 CE – 1599 CE Wars of the Kingdom of Kongo 1390 CE – 1709 CE Wars of the Songhai Empire 1464 CE – 1591 CE

Americas · 17

Maya City-State Wars 400 BCE – 900 CE Monte Albán Zapotec Conquest State 200 BCE – 500 CE Tikal–Calakmul Superpower Wars 537 CE – 743 CE Late Moche Internecine Conflicts 600 CE – 800 CE Tiwanaku–Wari Rivalry 600 CE – 1000 CE Wari Imperial Expansion 600 CE – 1000 CE Caracol–Naranjo Wars 626 CE – 800 CE Petexbatún Wars 705 CE – 802 CE Chichén Itzá Rise and Terminal Classic Collapse 800 CE – 1000 CE Mississippian Chiefdom Wars 800 CE – 1500 CE Toltec Wars 900 CE – 1168 CE Chichimec Invasions and Fall of Tula 1150 CE – 1200 CE Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries 1200 CE – 1600 CE Aztec Triple Alliance Expansion 1428 CE – 1521 CE Inca Empire Expansion 1438 CE – 1533 CE Mapuche–Inca War 1460 CE – 1490 CE Chimú–Inca War 1462 CE – 1470 CE

Oceania · 1

Wars of Majapahit 1293 CE – 1527 CE

Elsewhere · 8

Srivijaya Maritime Wars 600 CE – 1288 CE Kara-Khitan (Western Liao) Conquests 1124 CE – 1218 CE Mongol Conquests 1206 CE – 1368 CE Great Troubles of the Golden Horde 1359 CE – 1381 CE Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane) 1370 CE – 1405 CE Timurid Wars of Succession 1405 CE – 1409 CE Russo–Kazan Wars 1445 CE – 1556 CE Shaybanid Conquest of Transoxiana 1500 CE – 1510 CE