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Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force · Public domain
Conflict Middle East

Iraq War

2003 CE – 2011 CE · 8 years

The US invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, but the occupation triggered a devastating insurgency and sectarian civil war that killed hundreds of thousands.

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Iraq War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United States & coalition
  • Iraqi insurgents

Key moments

Defining events in the Iraq War.

  1. 2003 Fall of Baghdad
  2. 2004 First Battle of Fallujah
  3. 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah
  4. 2016–2017 Battle of Mosul

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

2007 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Second Chechen War

1999 CE – 2009 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Syrian Civil War

2011 CE – 2024 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Yemen

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2003 CE and 2011 CE.

2004 CE Battle of Fallujah 2006 CE Second Lebanon War 2007 CE Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque 2009 CE Houthi-Saudi Border Conflict 2010 CE Burj Khalifa

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Ronald Reagan Figure · United States 1911 CE – 2004 CE Sri Lankan Civil War Conflict · South Asia 1983 CE – 2009 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
Image credits 8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Iraq War Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force · Public domain
  • Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • Second Chechen War Uploaded by Jesse · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Great Pyramid of Giza Douwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Egypt Derived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Syrian civil war Voice of America News: Scott Bobb reports from Aleppo, Syria · Public domain
  • Petra Azurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Yemen Nightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain