Past
Wars and empires
Empires, battles and wars from the ancient world to the twentieth century, with their dates, lengths and sizes.
Fact files
All topics ›The Anglo-Zanzibar War
38 to 45 minutes
Length of the fighting, depending on the account
The Hundred Years' War
116 years
From 1337 to 1453
Roman roads
299,171 km
Roads in the Itiner-e map, published 2025
The Vikings
793
Year of the raid on Lindisfarne
The Pig War
1 pig
The only casualty of the dispute
The Mongol Empire
1206 to 1368
From Genghis Khan's accession to the end of the Yuan dynasty
