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War of Marduk-nadin-ahhe against Assyria
The war of Marduk-nadin-ahhe against Assyria was a late 11th-century BC conflict along the Tigris: Babylon seized statues of Adad and Šala, and Tiglath-pileser I captured Babylon but left Marduk-nadin-ahhe on his throne.
War of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam
The war of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam was a late 12th-century BC conflict in which Babylonia defeated Elamite king Ḫulteludiš-Inšušinak at the Ulāya River, ending Elamite domination of Babylonia.
War of Sadyattes against the Ionians
The War of Sadyattes against the Ionians was an eleven-year Lydian war against the Greek city of Miletus, begun by King Sadyattes and continued for five more years by his son Alyattes.
War of Sha'ir Awtar against Himyar
The War of Sha'ir Awtar against Himyar was an early third-century war in South Arabia, modern Yemen, fought by King Sha'ir Awtar of Sabaʾ against the kingdom of Ḥimyar.
War of succession after Mawlay Isma'il
The War of succession after Mawlay Isma'il (فتنة ولاية العهد) was the struggle for the Moroccan throne among the sultan's sons, fought from 1727 to 1757.
War of succession between Bata Mandeh and Mari Jata's sons
The war of succession between Bata Mandeh and Mari Jata's sons (نزاع الخلافة في مالي) was a late-14th-century dynastic struggle in the Mali empire, recorded by Ibn Khaldun.
War of Succession of 1657–59
The War of Succession of 1657–59 (उत्तराधिकार का युद्ध) was a four-sided armed struggle among the sons of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for the throne, won by Aurangzeb.
War of succession of Shah Jahan's sons
The war of succession of Shah Jahan's sons was a Mughal succession struggle, begun by Shah Jahan's 1657 illness, in which Aurangzeb defeated his brothers and took the throne.
War of the Arrows (최종병기 활)
War of the Arrows (최종병기 활) is a 2011 South Korean historical action film directed by Kim Han-min, set during the 1636 Manchu invasion of Joseon.
War of the Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) was a European war fought over Maria Theresa's right to the Habsburg succession, begun by Prussia's seizure of Silesia.
War of the Axe
The Seventh Xhosa War, known as the War of the Axe, was fought between Xhosa forces and the British on the Cape Colony's eastern frontier from 1846 to 1847.
War of the Barbarians
The War of the Barbarians (Guerra dos Bárbaros) was a series of conflicts between Portuguese colonizers and indigenous peoples of northeastern Brazil from 1651 to 1722.
War of the Bavarian Succession
The War of the Bavarian Succession, also called the Potato War (Kartoffelkrieg), was a nearly battle-free 1778–1779 war between Prussia and Austria over Bavaria, ended by the Peace of Teschen.
War of the Breton Succession
The War of the Breton Succession (guerre de Succession de Bretagne, 1341-1365) was a Breton civil war between Jeanne de Penthièvre/Charles of Blois, backed by France, and John de Montfort, backed by England, settled by the Battle of Auray and Treaty of Guérande.
War of the Bucket
War of the Bucket (Guerra della secchia rapita), 1325 conflict between Bologna and Modena, decided at the Battle of Zappolino on 15 November 1325. Modena won despite smaller forces; the bucket was a trophy, not the cause.
War of the Buttons
War of the Buttons (1994), John Roberts film produced by David Puttnam, written by Colin Welland from Louis Pergaud's novel; rival Irish village boys' gangs fight over buttons; blocked briefly by a 1994 nudity injunction.
War of the Confederation
The War of the Confederation (Guerra contra la Confederación Perú-Boliviana) was the 1836 to 1839 war in which Chile and Argentina fought the Peru-Bolivian Confederation of Andrés de Santa Cruz.
War of the currents
The War of the currents was the late-1880s American rivalry between Thomas Edison's direct current and George Westinghouse's alternating current, which prevailed after the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
War of the Eight Princes (八王之乱)
War of the Eight Princes (八王之乱), 291–306: Western Jin imperial princes' succession struggle under Emperor Hui, begun via Empress Jia Nanfeng's regency coups; ended with Sima Yue's victory, the dynasty's collapse, and the Sixteen Kingdoms era.
War of the Emboabas
The War of the Emboabas (Guerra dos Emboabas) was a conflict of roughly 1707 to 1709 in the gold-mining region of Minas Gerais, colonial Brazil, between Paulistas and newcomer emboabas.
War of the Fifth Coalition
The War of the Fifth Coalition, also called the War against Austria of 1809, saw Austria and Britain fight Napoleon's French Empire in 1809, ending at Wagram.
War of the First Coalition
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797), first anti-French coalition war of Austria, Prussia, Britain, Spain and others against Revolutionary France; France won via levée en masse, Fleurus 1794 and Napoleon's Italian campaign, ending at Campo Formio.
War of the Fourth Coalition
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807), Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars conflict in which Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and Britain fought Napoleon and lost; decided at Jena-Auerstedt and Friedland, ended by the Treaties of Tilsit.
War of the Golden Stool
The War of the Golden Stool, also called the Yaa Asantewaa War, was the final Anglo-Asante war, fought in 1900 and 1901 around Kumasi, ending in Asante defeat and British annexation.
War of the Heavenly Horses
The Han–Dayuan War (汉攻大宛之战) was a pair of expeditions by Emperor Wu of Han against Dayuan in 104 and 102 BC to seize its fine horses.
War of the High Priest
The War of the High Priest, also called the War of the High Priest of Amun, was Panehsy's suppression of High Priest Amenhotep at Thebes around 1089 BCE.
War of the High Priest of Amun against the viceroy of Kush
A conflict at Thebes in the last years of Ramesses XI, around 1089 BCE, when Panehsy, viceroy of Kush, moved against Amenhotep, High Priest of Amun.
War of the League of Cambrai
War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516), also called War of the Holy League: Italian Wars conflict in which France, the Papal States, Maximilian I, and Ferdinand of Aragon attacked Venice, won at Agnadello (1509), then switched sides, leaving Venice allied with France.
War of the League of Cognac
War of the League of Cognac (1526-1530), or Second Habsburg-Valois War: France, Pope Clement VII, Venice, Milan, and Florence against Charles V after Pavia; marked by the 1527 Sack of Rome and ended with Habsburg hegemony in Italy.
War of the Pacific
War of the Pacific (Guerra del Pacífico), 1879–1884: Chile versus allied Peru and Bolivia over Atacama nitrate territory. Chile won Tarapacá and Antofagasta; Bolivia became landlocked; Lima was occupied; disputes persist.