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This article is a list of conflicts by duration, including both historical and current conflicts.
The longest wars can range from centuries-long struggles between world superpowers to millennium-long conflicts between cultures and religions. These long, unwavering wars have a wide-reaching effect on global politics and culture, with both parties enduring strife through the generations.
4 gru 2019 · Today, let’s look at 10 of the longest wars in human history and rank them according to how many years they lasted. We’ll also learn a little bit about the driving forces and effects of each one. Mexican Indian Wars. Number of Years: 414. Dates: 1519-1933. Location: Mexico and surrounding areas. Notable Figure: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado.
28 mar 2024 · The small Iberian kingdom of Asturias fought the longest war in history when it launched the 722 AD Siege of Covadonga against the ruling Umayyad Muslin Caliphate. This surprise attack ignited the 774-year Reconquista as Christian armies gradually pushed their Muslim rivals off the peninsula.
28 kwi 2022 · The longest war in history was the Reconquista of Spain which lasted for a staggering 781 years. In 801, after decades of Islamic rule in Spain from 718, European rulers finally started to reconquer the lost Christian peninsula following French warlord Charlemagne’s capture of Barcelona.
31 gru 2019 · Here are the 10 biggest and deadliest wars in history. World War II. World leaders in the 1930s failed to learn lessons from the First World War. This provided a conducive atmosphere for World War II to break out in 1939. The war was fought by two opposing military alliances: the Axis (Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allies (mainly France ...
13 kwi 2024 · The Persian-Roman Wars were among the longest-lasting wars in history, spanning from 53 BC to 627 AD. It eventually saw battles between the Parthian and Sassanid Empires in the east and the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and Byzantine Empire in the west.
