This article provides a list of articles which contain lists of wars and conflicts. There are various sets of such lists, based upon different criteria for grouping individual wars, as shown below.

This is a list of wars ordered chronologically by the year that hostilities were initiated. (See also war; law of war; military technology; collective violence.)

This page features links to many pages which feature timelines of wars from around the world. Click on the blue menu links below to access specific geographic history timeline pages.

The Armed Conflict Events Data (ACED, formerly also known as Wars of the World) includes wars, civil wars, revolutions and revolts, rebellions, secessions, coups, genocides, ethnic and …

Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or previous year) The 8 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between …

Sep 29, 2025 · What is a war? Why do wars happen? What are some common reasons or causes for wars? What are different types of wars?

Wars — usually defined as armed conflicts that are especially deadly — have been rarer, with between 0 and 12 active wars per year. Still, there have been very few years without any. The …

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May 13, 2023 · The wars on this list include insurgencies within countries, political instability and civil wars, and wars between neighboring countries. The conflicts are listed according to when …

Sep 23, 2024 · Russia and Ukraine have fought for a decade. The Israel-Hamas war is part of a conflict dating back generations. NPR's Greg Myre has covered both wars and looks at why …