A Comparative Historical Summary of

WARS & VIOLENCE

Over 400 Years of Civil Wars in Christian Europe:

* Roman Civil Wars (68-394) 45 years

* Byzantine Civil Wars (1094-1355) 30 years

* German Civil Wars (1077-1411) 66 years

* English Civil Wars (1138-1646) 25 years

* Hungarian Civil Wars (1301-1321) 15 years

* Bohemian Civil Wars (1390-1471) 38 years of wars between Kings and nobles of Europe

* Russian Civil Wars (1425-1921) 40 years

* Swiss Civil Wars (1436-1450) 14 years

* Portugese Civil Wars (1449-1827) 5 years

* Polish Civil Wars (1454-1466) 13 years

* Austrian-Netherlands (1477-1492) 15 years

* Italian Civil Wars (1494-1530) 18 years

* French Religious/Civil Wars (1562-1598) 36 years

* Northern Europe (1655-1721) 26 years

* Danish Civil Wars (1737-1757) 20 years

* Northern Ireland (1969-1995) 26 years

Over 100 Years of Religious Wars Amongst Christians:

* Roman Empire/Papal Holy Wars (1081-1250) 23 years

* Albigensian Papal Crusades (1208-1229) 21 years

* War of the Eight Saints (1375-1378) 3 years

* Wars of Religion (1562-1598) 36 years

* Bohemian-Palatine War (1618-23) 5 years

* Thirty Years' War between the Churches (1618-1648) 30 years

Over 1700 Years of Christian Crusade Wars in the Middle East (1095-1272)
Over 1,000 Years of Wars by the Christian Powers of Europe:

* Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars (755-1265) 91 years

* Viking Raids (793-1079) 200 years

* Franco-Austrian, Burgundian, German, Chinese, Prussian, Spanish Wars (978-1885) 40 years

* Scandinavian Wars (1026-1471) 27 years

* Anglo-Scottish Wars (1079-1560) 34 years

* Anglo-French Wars (1109-1628) 83 years

* Russian-Afghan, Finnish, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Swedish, Turk (1240-1940) 114 years

* Bohemian-Hungarian Wars (1260-1478) 20 years

* Hundred Years Wars in Europe (1337-1457) 100 years

* Austro-Hungarian Wars (1439-1457) 18 years

* Danish-Swedish Wars (1497-1679) 23 years

* Portugese Conquests (1500-1545) 45 years

* Spanish Colonialisation-Africa & the Americas (1508-1860) 55 years

* Eighty Years War (1568-1648) 80 years

* Spanish-Portugese Wars (1580-1762) 26 years

* Anglo-Spanish Wars (1587-1729) 23 years

* Portugese-Dutch Wars over East Indies (1601-1641) 40 years

* Anglo-Portugese Wars (1612-1630) 19 years

* Dutch-British Wars (1652-1784) 7 years

* Austro-Prussian Wars (1756-1763) 7 years

* British Colonial Wars in Africa (1900-1915) 15 years

* World War I (1914-1918) 4 years [more than

Some Of The Most Important Wars of Independence From European Powers:

* Argentine from the British (1806-1816) 10 years

* Algiers from the French (1954-1962) 8 years [1 million Afghans killed]

136 Years of Muslim Civil and Religious Wars:

* Muslim Civil Wars (657-1108) 51 years

* Muslim Dynastic Wars (1196-1200) 4 years

* Ottoman Civil Wars (1403-1559) 16 years

* Mamluk-Ottoman Wars (1485-1517) 7 years

* Ottoman-Druse Wars (1485-1517) 7 years

* Afghan Civil Wars (1948-1995) 46 years

* Somalian Civil War (1989-1995) 6 years

205 Years of Wars by the Muslim Powers:

* Turko-Ottoman Wars (1400-1473) 73 years

* Turko-Persian Wars (1473& 1747) 110 years

* Turko-Egyptian War (1823-1841) 12 years

* Iran-Iraq War (1980-1989) 9 years

Conclusions

- The Muslim powers were involved in 341 years of civil and religious wars and acts of violence.
- The Christian powers of Europe were involved in more than 1700 years of wars and acts of violence, civil and religious wars in Europe, and wars of power/expansion in Europe, Asia and Africa.
- European powers caused 60 million deaths in World War I & II alone (including civilians).
- The top nations involved in wars were as follows:
* Britain (16 wars) * France (15 wars)
* Russia (13 wars) * Italy (9 wars)
* Japan (7 wars) * USA (6 wars)
References:
1. G.C. Kohn, "Dictionary of Wars", Anchor Books, 1986
2. D. Eggenberger, "A Dictionary of Battles", 1967