Encyclopedia of Invasions & Conquests From Ancient Times to the Present

SECTION ONE: ENTRIES

PART 1 THE ANCIENT WORLD

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

CANAAN, ISRAELITE INVASION OF

CHALDEAN (NEO-BABYLONIAN) EMPIRE, EXPANSION OF

CYRUS THE GREAT

EGYPT, HYKSOS INVASION OF

HITTITES

INDIA, ARYAN INVASION OF

KUSH, EXPANSION OF

PALESTINE, EGYPTIAN INVASIONS OF

SARGON THE GREAT

PART 2 THE CLASSICAL WORLD

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

HAN DYNASTY

HANNIBAL

INDIA, ALEXANDER'S INVASION OF

ITALY, CARTHAGINIAN INVASION OF (SECOND PUNIC WAR)

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

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, VIKING INVASION OF

FRANKS

GENGHIS KHAN

GHANA, ALMORAVID INVASION OF

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

OSTROGOTHS

RUSSIA, ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF

RUSSIA, MONGOL CONQUEST OF

SCOTLAND, ENGLISH CONQUEST OF

SCYTHIANS

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

AFRICA, DUTCH OCCUPATION IN

AFRICA, PORTUGUESE OCCUPATION OF

AUSTRALIA, BRITISH OCCUPATION OF

AUSTRIA, TURKISH INVASION OF

BRAZIL, PORTUGUESE COLONIZATION OF

CARIBBEAN, EUROPEAN OCCUPATION OF

CEYLON, DUTCH OCCUPATION OF

CEYLON, PORTUGUESE OCCUPATION OF

CHING (MANCHU) DYNASTY

CORTES, 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

AUSTRIA, NAPOLEON'S CONQUEST OF

CANADA, AMERICAN INVASION OF

CANADA, US 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 (1814)

PART 6 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, US INVASION OF

EGYPT, BRITISH OCCUPATION OF

FRANCE, PRUSSIAN INVASION OF (FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR)

INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA, US CONQUEST OF

INDOCHINA, FRENCH OCCUPATION OF

KENYA, BRITISH COLONIZATION OF

KOREA, JAPANESE INVASION OF (SINO-JAPANESE WAR)

MEXICO, FRENCH OCCUPATION OF

MEXICO, US INVASION OF

NEW ZEALAND, BRITISH OCCUPATION OF

PARAGUAYAN WAR

PHILIPPINES, US OCCUPATION OF THE

PUERTO RICO, US 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 TWENTIETH CENTURY

AFGHANISTAN, SOVIET INVASION OF

AFGHANISTAN, UN 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

CHINA, JAPANESE INVASION OF

CYPRUS, TURKISH INVASION OF

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, NAZI OCCUPATION OF

DUTCH EAST INDIES, JAPANESE INVASION OF

EAST AFRICA, BRITISH INVASION OF

EGYPT, ITALIAN INVASION OF

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID

ETHIOPIA, ITALIAN INVASION OF

FINLAND, SOVIET INVASION OF

FRANCE, ALLIED INVASION OF

FRANCE, GERMAN INVASION OF

FRANCE, NAZI INVASION OF

GERMANY, SOVIET INVASION OF

GRENADA, US INVASION OF

HITLER, ADOLF

IRAQ, US/COALITION INVASION OF

ISRAEL, ARAB INVASION OF (YOM KIPPUR WAR)

ITALY, ALLIED INVASION OF

KUWAIT, IRAQI INVASION OF

LATIN AMERICA, US 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, US INVASION OF

NORWAY AND DENMARK, NAZI INVASION OF

PACIFIC ISLANDS, US CONQUEST OF

PANAMA, US 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

SECTION TWO:

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SECTION THREE: READINGS

INTRODUCTION

TEXT OF THE ARMANT STELA (1456 BC)

PEACE OF NICIAS (421)

TRUCE OF GOD - BISHOPRIC OF TEROUANNE (1063 AD)

DECREE OF THE EMPEROR HENRY IV CONCERNING A TRUCE OF GOD (1085 AD)

FULCHER OF CHARTRES (1095 AD)

PEACE OF THE LAND ESTABLISHED BY FREDERICK BARBAROSSA (1152-1157 AD)

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FINAL ACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL

PEACE CONFERENCE (1899)

FINAL ACT OF THE SECOND PEACE CONFERENCE (1907)

PACT OF PARIS (1928)

DIRECTIVE NO 1 FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR (1939)

PROCLAMATION BY ADOLF HITLER (1939)

THREE-POWER PACT BETWEEN GERMANY, ITALY AND JAPAN (1940)

TEXT OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT’S SPEECH TO CONGRESS AND THE NATION FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR (1941)

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” BY JAMES KITFIELD

FRONTLINE: GIVE WAR A CHANCE - THE USES OF MILITARY FORCE BY JIM MOKHIBER AND RICK YOUNG

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 UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

JUST-WAR THEORY BY ALEXANDER MOSELEY

SECTION FOUR:

HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF ENTRIES

SECTION FIVE: INDEX