century, 179 engagements

Battles of the 7th century

179 engagements of the 7th century are placed in the atlas: 132 battles, 45 sieges and 2 naval actions across 33 present-day countries, most in Iraq (29), Turkey (22), Saudi Arabia (17). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Muslim conquest of Persia (25), Muslim conquest of the Levant (17), Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 (13), Second Fitna (9).

179 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

179 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars of the century 19 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
12 March AD 624	Battle of Badr	Hejaz	Muslim–Quraysh War
23 March AD 625	Battle of Uhud	Mount Uhud	Muslim–Quraysh War
10 October AD 680	Battle of Karbala	Karbala	Second Fitna
15 August AD 636	Battle of Yarmouk	Yarmuk	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 627	Battle of the Trench	Medina	Muslim–Quraysh War
AD 629	Battle of Mu'tah	Mu'tah	Arab–Byzantine wars
7 November AD 656	Battle of the Camel	Basra	First Fitna
16 November AD 636	Battle of al-Qadisiyyah	Al-Qādisiyyah	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 628	Battle of Khaybar	Khaybar	battles of Muhammad
21 July AD 657	Battle of Siffin	Siffin	First Fitna
AD 630	Battle of Hunayn	Hunayn	battles of Muhammad
AD 674	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople	Arab–Byzantine wars
12 December AD 627	Battle of Nineveh	Nineveh	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
May AD 626	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 642	Battle of Nahāvand	Nahavand	Muslim conquest of Persia
October AD 636	Siege of Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 655	Battle of the Masts	Lycia	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 634	Battle of Ajnadayn	Ajnadayn	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 632	Battle of Yamama	Al-Yamama	Ridda Wars
AD 634	Siege of Damascus	Damascus	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 659	Battle of Nahrawan	Nahrawan Canal	First Fitna
AD 634	Battle of the Bridge		Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 634	Battle of Firaz	Iraq	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 633	Battle of Chains	Kazma	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 612	Battle of Salsu	Ch'ongch'on River	Q21060232
December AD 634	Battle of Fahl	Jordan River	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 609	Battle of Dhu Qar	Dhi Qar Governorate
September AD 637	Battle of the Iron Bridge	Antioch	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 680	Battle of Ongal		Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 692	Battle of Sebastopolis		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 624	Invasion of Banu Qaynuqa	Medina
AD 663	Battle of Baekgang	North Jeolla	Baekje revival movements
July AD 637	Siege of Aleppo	Aleppo	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 633	Battle of Hira		Muslim conquest of Persia
November AD 630	Siege of Ta'if	Ta'if
AD 655	Battle of the Winwaed	Cock Beck
6 July AD 640	Battle of Heliopolis	Heliopolis	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 683	Battle of al-Harrah	Medina	Second Fitna
December AD 684	Battle of Ayn al-Warda	Ras al-Ayn	Second Fitna
April AD 633	Battle of Ullais	Mesopotamia	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 633	Battle of Walaja	Mesopotamia	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 633	Battle of al-Anbar	Iraq	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 615	Battle of Chester	Chester	Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
March AD 614	Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
20 May AD 685	Battle of Dun Nechtain	Dunnichen
AD 698	Battle of Carthage	Carthage	Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
12 October AD 633	Battle of Hatfield Chase	Doncaster
5 August AD 642	Battle of Maserfield	Oswestry
AD 633	Battle of River	Mesopotamia	Muslim conquest of Persia
May AD 634	Battle of Bosra	Bosra	Muslim conquest of the Levant
17 June AD 656	Siege of Uthman	Medina Province
AD 692	Siege of Mecca	Mecca	Second Fitna
18 August AD 684	Battle of Marj al-Rahit	Marj Rahit	Second Fitna
May AD 634	Battle of al-Qaryatayn	Syria	Muslim conquest of the Levant
24 September AD 683	Siege of Mecca	Mecca	Second Fitna
AD 687	Battle of Tertry	Tertry
AD 682	Battle of Vescera	Tabuda	Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
AD 633	Battle of Ayn al-Tamr	Ayn al-Tamr	Muslim conquest of Persia
March AD 637	Battle of Jalula	Jalawla	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 634	Battle of Heavenfield	Hexham
April AD 646	Battle of Nikiou	Zawyat Razin	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 633	Battle of Muzayyah	Iraq	Muslim conquest of Persia
November AD 635	Siege of Emesa	Emesa	Muslim conquest of the Levant
1 September AD 632	Battle of Buzakha	Ha'il	Ridda Wars
AD 652	Second battle of Dongola	Old Dongola	Muslim conquests
AD 647	Battle of Sufetula		Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
May AD 637	Battle of Hazir	Qinnasrin	Muslim conquest of the Levant
September AD 632	Battle of Zafar	Ha'il	Ridda Wars
January AD 637	Siege of Ctesiphon	Ctesiphon	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 625	Battle of Sarus	Seyhan River	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 617	Yawm al-Buath	Medina
6 August AD 686	Battle of Khazir	Khazir River	Second Fitna
AD 613	Battle of Antioch	Antioch	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
28 May AD 621	Battle of Hulao	Hulao Pass	Transition from Sui to Tang
September AD 691	Battle of Maskin	Dayr al-Jathaliq	Second Fitna
February AD 641	Siege of Alexandria	Alexandria	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 660	Battle of Hwangsanbeol		Q10922917
AD 627	Siege of Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Q2312422
24 April AD 634	Battle of Marj Rahit	Marj Rahit	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 633	Battle of Dawmat al-Jandal		Ridda Wars
August AD 632	Battle of Ghamra	Ḥaʼil Province	Ridda Wars
AD 651	Battle of Oxus River	Amu Darya	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
AD 642	First battle of Dongola	Old Dongola	Muslim conquests
AD 676	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Slavic invasion of the Balkans
AD 638	Siege of Germanicia	Kahramanmaraş	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 641	Siege of Shushtar	Shushtar	Muslim conquest of Khuzestan
AD 645	Siege of Ansi	Ansi City	Goguryeo–Tang War
AD 633	Battle of Zumail	Iraq	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 633	Battle of Saniyy	Iraq	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 634	Battle of Marj al-Dibaj	An-Nusayriyah Mountains	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 617	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Avar–Byzantine Wars
AD 695	Battle of Dorestad	Dorestad	Frisian–Frankish wars
AD 642	Battle of Spahan	Isfahan	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 634	Battle of Namaraq		Muslim conquest of Persia
1 October AD 633	Battle of Naqra	Riyadh	Ridda Wars
AD 644	Battle of Rasil	Indus River
AD 652	Battle of Nishapur	Nishapur	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
AD 688	Battle of Mamma	Timgad	Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
AD 652	Siege of Herat	Herat	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
8 September AD 617	Battle of Huoyi	Linfen	Transition from Sui to Tang
AD 634	Battle of Babylon	Babylon	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 698	Battle of Meskiana		Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
AD 651	Battle of Ray	Ray	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 643	Battle of Bishapur		Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 642	Siege of Gundishapur	Gundeshapur	Muslim conquest of Khuzestan
AD 628	Battle of Cirencester	Cirencester
AD 679	Battle of the Trent	River Trent
AD 616	Battle of the River Idle
AD 638	Siege of Emesa	Emesa	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 633	Battle of Husayd	Baghdad	Muslim conquest of Persia
July AD 632	Battle of Abraq		Ridda Wars
AD 657	Battle of Irtysh River	Irtysh	Q14086691
AD 654	Battle of Badghis	Badghis Province	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
July AD 634	Battle of al-Yaqusah	Q12195000	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 636	Battle of Burs	Borsippa	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 636	Battle of Babylon	Babylon	Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 614	Siege of Caesarea Maritima	Caesarea Maritima	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 700	Battle of Tabarka	Tabarka	Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
AD 675	Battle of Maeso	Yeoncheon County	Silla–Tang War
AD 625	Battle of Archesh	Caucasian Albania	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 604	Battle of Elevard	Yerevan	Q131388736
27 April AD 629	Siege of Ctesiphon	Ctesiphon	Sasanian civil war of 628–632
AD 689	Battle of Coronate
AD 694	Battle of Amioun
AD 614	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Slavic invasion of the Balkans
24 June AD 637	Battle of Moira	Moira
AD 642	Battle of Vatapi	Badami
April AD 640	Siege of Babylon Fortress	Babylon Fortress	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 679	Battle of Lucofao	Sévigny-Waleppe
AD 636	Siege of Latakia	Laodicea on the Lycus
October AD 652	Siege of Cesaracosta	Cesaracosta
5 October AD 618	Battle of Yanshi	Yanshi District	Transition from Sui to Tang
November AD 639	Siege of Pelusium	Pelusium	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 643	Battle of the Scultenna		Byzantine–Lombard Wars
AD 660	Battle of Peonnum
AD 630	Battle of Cefn Digoll	Welshpool
AD 663	Battle of Forino	Forino	Q21658275
26 October AD 604	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Avar–Byzantine Wars
AD 640	Siege of Bilbeis	Belbis	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 624	Battle of Ganzak	Ganzak	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 610	Siege of Edessa	Edessa	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 626	Battle of the Lycus	Kelkit Brook	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 605	Battle of Erginay	Getik	Q131388736
AD 605	Battle of Arzamon	Dara	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 641	Battle of Sebennytos	Samannud	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 630	Siege of Exeter	Exeter
AD 610	Battle of Wangas		Merovingian Brothers' War
11 September AD 615	Siege of Yen-Men Fortress	Central Asia
AD 640	Siege of Dvin	Dvin	Q3621258
AD 612	Battle of Tolbiac	Zülpich	Merovingian Brothers' War
AD 618	Battle of Pullalur	Pullalur
AD 647	Battle of Chabuheluo	Patna
AD 615	Siege of Yanmen
AD 654	Battle of Strathyre	Scottish Highlands
AD 685	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki
AD 625	Battle of Aghdam	Aghdam	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 611	Siege of Caesarea	Caesarea of Cappadocia	Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
AD 633	Battle of the Al Hira Canal		Muslim conquest of Persia
AD 694	Battle of Marash	Kahramanmaraş	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 668	Siege of Pyongyang	Pyongyang	Goguryeo–Tang War
AD 700	Yawm al-Mushaqqar
AD 654	Battle of Caesarea	Caesarea of Cappadocia	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 639	Siege of Raqqa	Raqqa	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 639	Siege of Edessa	Edessa	Muslim conquest of the Levant
AD 604	Battle of Étampes	Étampes	Merovingian Brothers' War
AD 603	Siege of Cremona	Cremona	Byzantine–Lombard Wars
AD 601	Siege of Padua	Padua	Byzantine–Lombard Wars
November AD 639	Siege of Memphis	Memphis	Arab conquest of Egypt
AD 612	Battle of Toul	Toul	Merovingian Brothers' War
AD 668	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople
AD 663	Battle of Siponto		Muslim conquests
AD 669	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople
AD 602	Battle of Odzi Kaghak	Özkavak	Armenian–Sasanian wars
AD 607	Battle of Death Hill		Armenian–Sasanian wars
AD 643	Battle of Yeghbark Sarak		Q3621258
AD 647	Battle of Artsap		Q3621258
AD 685	Battle of Sala and Salbara		Second Fitna
AD 602	Battle of Amakseong
AD 634	Battle of Loch Trethin	County Westmeath

The 179 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.