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Wars of Alexander the Great
Wars of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC): Macedon's conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from the Balkans to the Indus, covering Gaugamela, the Bactrian-Sogdian war, Hydaspes, and the Hellenistic aftermath.
Wars of Intef the Great
The Wars of Intef the Great were the campaigns of the Theban king Intef II against the Herakleopolitan kingdom, winning Thebes all of southern Egypt.
Wars of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam
The wars of Nebuchadnezzar I against Elam were the Babylonian campaigns of King Nebuchadnezzar I against the Elamite kingdom, ending in a decisive victory over Ḫulteludiš-Inšušinak.
Wars of Samsu-iluna against the Amorites
The wars of Samsu-iluna against the Amorites were the campaigns and rebellions of Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon (c. 1749–1712 BC), whose southern revolts, led by Rim-Sin II, cost Babylon Nippur and most of the south.
Wars of Scottish Independence
Wars of Scottish Independence, 1296-1328 and 1332-1357: wars against English conquest sparked by the 1286 succession crisis, John Balliol's deposition, William Wallace's rising, and Robert the Bruce's victory at Bannockburn and Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.
Wars of the Diadochi
Wars of the Diadochi, or Wars of Alexander's Successors (323-281 BCE): conflicts among Alexander the Great's generals after his death in Babylon, ending with the Battle of Ipsus (301) and Corupedium (281) and the rise of the Antigonid, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid kingdoms.
Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1487) were England's dynastic civil wars between the Houses of Lancaster (red rose) and York (white rose), both descended from Edward III; six changes of king ended with Henry VII's Tudor victory at Bosworth.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also called the British Civil Wars: intertwined conflicts in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638–1651, over religion and Crown-Parliament power, ending in Charles I's execution and republican rule.
Warsangali Sultanate
The Warsangali Sultanate, also called the Gerad Dynasty, was a Somali sultanate in northeastern Somalia whose 25 Gerad Dhihin descendants ruled until an 1886 British treaty.
Warsaw
Warsaw (Warszawa), capital and largest city of Poland on the Vistula; royal capital under Sigismund III Vasa from 1596, destroyed after the 1944 Uprising, rebuilt, population about 1.87 million.
Warsaw breakage syndrome
Warsaw breakage syndrome (WABS), also called DDX11-related cohesinopathy, a rare autosomal recessive disorder from biallelic DDX11 mutations, causing growth restriction, microcephaly, and sensorineural hearing loss with variable chromosomal breakage.
Warsaw Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport (Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie, WAW/EPWA), formerly Warsaw-Okęcie, is Poland's largest airport, opened 1934, handling 24.1 million passengers in 2025 with two intersecting runways, night noise limits, and a planned transfer to the CPK airport.
Warsaw concentration camp
KL Warschau (Warsaw concentration camp) was a Nazi German concentration camp established by order in occupied Warsaw, on the razed Warsaw Ghetto site, distinct from the ghetto and Pawiak prison; related deportations sent Warsaw Jews and Poles to Auschwitz, Poniatowa, Trawniki, and Majdanek.
Warsaw Confederation
The Warsaw Confederation (Konfederacja warszawska) was a 1573 act of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's estates, adopted in Warsaw, guaranteeing peace among Christian faiths; its clause entered the Henrician Articles.
Warsaw Convention
The Warsaw Convention (1929) is the founding international treaty on air carrier liability for international carriage of passengers, baggage, and cargo, amended by the Hague Protocol, Guadalajara Convention, and Montreal Protocols, and largely replaced by the Montreal Convention of 1999.
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto (getto warszawskie) was the Nazi-established Jewish quarter in occupied Warsaw, 1940–1943, holding over 350,000 Jews; site of the 1942 deportations to Treblinka and the April 1943 ghetto uprising.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Powstanie w getcie warszawskim) was an armed revolt by Jewish fighters against German liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto from April to May 1943.
Warsaw Governor-Generalship (Vistula Land)
The Warsaw Governor-Generalship (Варшавское генерал-губернаторство, Vistula Land) was the Russian Empire's administrative unit governing the ten governorates of the former Kingdom of Poland from 1874 until Russian rule ended in 1915.
Warsaw Pact (Варшавский договор)
Warsaw Pact (Варшавский договор), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance: Soviet-led military alliance of eight socialist states signed 14 May 1955, dissolved 1 July 1991 in Prague.
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 20–21, 1968: Soviet-led forces from five Warsaw Pact states crushed the Prague Spring reforms of Alexander Dubček and prompted the Brezhnev Doctrine of limited sovereignty.
Warsaw radio mast
The Warsaw radio mast (maszt radiowy w Konstantynowie) was a 646-meter guyed mast radiator in Konstantynów, Poland, the tallest structure ever built, which collapsed in 1991.
Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning
The Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning was a Polish learned society founded in Warsaw in 1800 that promoted Polish science and culture until its dissolution in 1832.
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland, established in 1991 and operating the largest equity market in Central and Eastern Europe.
Warsaw University of Technology
Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska, WUT) is a public technical research university in Warsaw, Poland, operating under its current name since 1915.
Warsaw Uprising
The 1944 Warsaw Uprising (powstanie warszawskie), distinct from the 1943 ghetto uprising, was the Home Army's 63-day revolt against German occupation, August 1 to October 2, 1944, crushed with over 180,000 deaths and Warsaw reduced to ruins.
Warsaw Zoo
Warsaw Zoo (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie), municipal zoo in Praga, Warsaw, opened 11 March 1928; destroyed in WWII, reopened 1949; known for the Żabińskis' wartime rescue of Jews, EAZA membership, and its Bird Asylum.
Warship
A warship is a ship built or adapted as a fighting unit for naval warfare, owned by a state's armed forces, ranging from patrol craft to aircraft carriers and submarines.
Wart
Wart, benign skin growth caused by human papillomavirus (verruca, plantar wart). HPV has over 200 types; warts often resolve spontaneously; salicylic acid modestly effective, cryotherapy no better than placebo.
Wartburg (castle)
The Wartburg is a castle above Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany, built from 1067 as the seat of the Landgraves of Thuringia and later a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wartburg 1.3
The Wartburg 1.3 was the last car built by East German manufacturer VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach, produced from 1988 to 1991 with a licensed Volkswagen four-stroke engine.