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Invasions & Conquests

Table of Contents

LIST OF MAPS




PREFACE




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS




SECTION ONE: ENTRIES




PART 1: THE ANCIENT WORLD




Warfare in the Ancient World




Assyrian Empire




Canaan, Israelite Invasion of




Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) Empire, Expansion of




Cyrus the Great




Egypt, Hyksos Invasion of




Hittites, Expansion of




India, Aryan Invasion of




Kush, Expansion of




Palestine, Egyptian Invasions of




Persian Empire, expansion of




Sargon the Great




(Z) Chou Dynasty, Expansion of




PART 2: THE CLASSICAL WORLD




Warfare In The Classical Era




Alexander the Great




Augustus, Caesar




Britain, Roman Conquest of




Caesar, Julius




Carthage, Expansion of




Carthage, Roman Invasion of (Third Punic War)




Ch’in Dynasty




Constantine, Emperor




Egypt, Alexander’s Conquest of




Gaul, Roman Conquest of




Germany, Roman Invasion of




Greece, Persian Invasion of




Greece, Roman Conquest Of




Han Dynasty




Hannibal




India, Alexander’s Invasion of




Italy, Carthaginian Invasion of (Second Punic War)




Italy, Roman conquest of




Mauryan Empire




Persia, Alexander’s Conquest of




Philip of Macedon




Ptolemaic Dynasty




Seleucid Empire




Sicily, Roman Conquest of (First Punic War)




Spain, Roman Conquest of




PART 3: THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES




Warfare in the Dark and Middle Ages




Avars




Axum, Expansion of




Britain, Norman Invasion of




Bulgars




Byzantine Empire




Carolingian Dynasty




China, Khitan Invasion of




China, Mongol Conquest of




Crusades




England, Viking Conquest of




Europe, Mongol Invasion of




France, Muslim invasion of




France, Viking Invasion of




Franks




Genghis Khan




Ghana, Almoravid Invasion of




The Ghaznavids




Gupta Empire




Hundred Years’ War




Huns




India, Kushan Invasion of




India, Muslim Invasion of




Ireland, English Invasion of




Ireland, Viking Invasions of




Italy and Sicily, Norman Conquest of




Japan, Mongol Invasions of




Justinian




Khmer Kingdom




Korea, Mongol Invasion of




Kubilai Khan




Lombards




Magyars




Mali, Expansion of




Mexico, Aztec Conquest of




Middle East, Mongol Invasion of the




Middle East, Muslim Conquest of the




Ming Dynasty




North Africa, Muslim conquest of




Ostrogoths




Russia, Establishment and Expansion of




Russia, Mongol Conquest of




Scotland, English Conquest of




Scythians




The Seljuks




Songhay, Expansion of




Spain, Muslim Conquest of




Tamurlane




T’ang dynasty




Turks




Vandals




Vietnam, Chinese Conquest of




Visigoths




PART 4: THE RENAISSANCE AND THE AGE OF EXPLORATION




Warfare in the Renaissance and Age of Exploration




Africa, Dutch Occupation in




Africa, Portuguese Occupation in




Australia, British Occupation of




Austria, Turkish Invasion of




Bohemia, German invasions of




Brazil, Portuguese Colonization of




Caribbean, European Occupation of




Ceylon, Dutch Occupation of




Ceylon, Portuguese Occupation of




Ching (Manchu) Dynasty




Cortés, Hernan




Cyprus, Ottoman Invasion of




East Indies, Dutch Occupation of the




England, Spanish Invasion of (Spanish Armada)




India, British Occupation of




India, French Occupation of




Italy, Austrian Invasion of (War of the Spanish Succession)




Italy, French Invasions of




Moghul Empire




Netherlands, French Invasions of the




North America, British Occupation of




North America, French Occupation of




Ottoman Empire




Palatinate, French Invasion of the (War of the League of Augsburg)




Portugal, Spanish Occupation of




Russia, Swedish Invasion of (Great Northern War)




Saxony, Prussian Invasion of (Seven Years’ War)




Silesia, Prussian Invasion of (War of the Austrian Succession)




Thirty Years’ War




Uzbeks




Western Hemisphere, Spanish Occupation of




Zulus, Expansion of




PART 5: THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS AND NAPOLEON




Warfare In the Age of Revolutions and Napoleon




Austria, Napoleon’s Conquest of




Canada, American Invasion of




Canada, U.S. Invasion of




Egypt, Napoleon’s Invasion of




France, European Invasion of




Italy, Napoleon’s Invasion of




Napoleon Buonaparte




New York, British Invasion of (1776)




New York, British Invasion of (1777)




Prussia, Napoleon’s Invasion of




Russia, Napoleon’s Invasion of




Southern United States, British Invasion of




United States, British Invasion of




PART 6: THE AGE OF EMPIRES




Warfare in the Age of Empires




Afghanistan, British Invasions of




Africa, French Occupations in




Africa, German Occupations In




Algeria, French Occupation of




Ashanti, British Conquest of




Ceylon, British Occupation of




China, British Invasion of (Opium War)




Congo, Belgian Occupation of




Cuba, U.S. Invasion of




Egypt, British Occupation of




France, Prussian Invasion of (Franco-Prussian War)




Indians of North America, U.S. Conquest of




Indochina, French Occupation of




Kenya, British Colonization of




Korea, Japanese Invasion of (Sino-Japanese War)




Mexico, French Occupation of




Mexico, U.S. Invasion of




New Zealand, British Occupation of




Paraguayan War




Philippines, U.S. Occupation of the




Puerto Rico, U.S. Invasion of




Singapore, British Occupation of




Somalia, European Colonization of




South Africa, British Occupation of




Uganda, British Occupation of




War of the Pacific




Zululand, British Invasion of




PART 7: THE 20TH-21ST CENTURIES




Warfare in the 20th-21st Centuries




Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion of




Afghanistan, U.N. Invasion of




Albania, Italian Conquest of




Austria, Nazi Occupation of




Balkans, Nazi Invasion of




Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbian Invasion of




Britain, Nazi Invasion of (Battle of Britain)




Burma, Japanese Invasion of




Chechnya, Russian invasions of




China, Japanese Invasion of




Cyprus, Turkish Invasion of




Czechoslovakia, Nazi Occupation of




Czechoslovakia, Warsaw Pact invasion of (1968)




Dutch East Indies, Japanese Invasion of




East Africa, British Invasion of




Egypt, Italian Invasion of




Eisenhower, Dwight David




Ethiopia, Italian Invasion of




Falkland Islands, Argentine invasion of




Finland, Soviet Invasion of




France, Allied Invasion of




France, German Invasion of




France, Nazi Invasion of




Germany, Soviet Invasion of




Grenada, U.S. Invasion of




Hitler, Adolf




Hungary, Soviet invasion of (1956)




Immigration Or Invasion?




Iran, Iraqi invasion of




Iraq, US/Coalition Invasion of




Israel, Arab Invasion of (Yom Kippur War)




Italy, Allied Invasion of




Kuwait, Iraqi Invasion of




Latin America, U.S. Interventions in




Libya, Italian Occupation of




MacArthur, Douglas




Manchuria, Japanese Invasion of (1904) (Russo-Japanese War)




Manchuria, Japanese Invasion of (1931)




Mesopotamia, British Invasion of




Midway, Japanese Invasion of




Mussolini, Benito




New Guinea, Japanese Invasion of




North Africa, U.S. Invasion of




Norway and Denmark, Nazi Invasion of




Pacific Islands, U.S. Conquest of




Panama, U.S. Invasion of




Philippines, Japanese Invasion of the




Philippines, U.S. Invasion of the




Poland, Nazi Conquest of




Rhineland, Nazi Occupation of the




Russia, German Invasion of




Sicily, Allied Invasion of




Sinai, Israeli Invasion of (1956) (Suez Crisis)




Sinai, Israeli Invasion of (1967) (Six-Day War)




Singapore and Malaya, Japanese Conquest of




South Korea, North Korean Invasion of (Korean War)




Soviet Union, Nazi Invasion of the




Turkey, British Invasion of




Ukraine, Russian invasion of/ Russian Annexation of Crimea




SECTION TWO: READINGS




Introduction




Text of the Armant Stela 1456 B.C.




The Peace of Nicias, 421




Truce of God - Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063




Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God 1085




Fulcher of Chartres, 1095




Peace of the Land Established by Frederick Barbarossa, 1152-1157




Constitution of the United Stated of America, 1787




Red Cross Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, August 22, 1864




Final Act of the International Peace Conference, 1899




Final Act of the Second International Peace Conference, 1907




Laws of War: Hague Convention, 1907




General Pact for the Renunciation of War-Signed at Paris, 1928




Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928




Directive No. 1 for the Conduct of the War Berlin, 31 August 1939




Proclamation by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the Reich, to the German Army, 1939




Three-Power Pact among Germany, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Berlin, 1940




Text of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Speech to Congress and the Nation Following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941




Patton’s speech to the Third Army, June 5th, 1944: The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, (D-Day) took place the next day.




Selections from the Charter of the United Nations, 1945




Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948




The North Atlantic Treaty, 1949




Excerpts from The Dayton Peace Accords: General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995




Not-so-Sacred Borders, 1999




Frontline: Give War a Chance The Uses of Military Force, 1999




September 11, 2001: Attack on America Joint Resolution 63 Introduced in the House September 13, 2001




Supreme Court Cases Reviewing the War and Treaty Powers of the U.S. Constitution, 1863-2004




Just-war Theory




SECTION THREE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF ENTRIES




SECTION FOUR: BIBLIOGRAPHY