imperial war
C2457
concept
Imperial war is a large-scale, often expansionist conflict waged by an empire to acquire, control, or maintain dominance over territories, peoples, or resources beyond its original borders.
Observed surface forms (10)
- early modern conflict ×9
- war of conquest ×2
- Anglo-Burmese War ×1
- Anglo-Mysore War ×1
- Ottoman–Habsburg war ×1
- Roman war ×1
- Roman–Parthian War ×1
- Soviet–Japanese border war ×1
- imperial conquest ×1
- military conflict between Britain and Spain ×1
Instances (20)
- Russo-Japanese War
- Long Turkish War via concept surface "Ottoman–Habsburg war"
- War of Jenkins' Ear via concept surface "military conflict between Britain and Spain"
- Dutch–Portuguese War via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Nomonhan Incident via concept surface "Soviet–Japanese border war"
- Caucasian War via concept surface "imperial conquest"
- Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 via concept surface "Roman–Parthian War"
- Polish–Muscovite War via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Fourth Anglo-Mysore War via concept surface "Anglo-Mysore War"
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Polish–Swedish wars via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- Bella Marcomannica via concept surface "Roman war"
- Portuguese Restoration War via concept surface "early modern conflict"
- First Anglo-Burmese War via concept surface "Anglo-Burmese War"
- Mongol conquests via concept surface "war of conquest"
- Aragonese conquest of Sardinia via concept surface "war of conquest"
- Restoration War via concept surface "early modern conflict"