imperial war

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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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
early modern conflict	22
war of conquest	12
Roman war	4
Roman–Parthian War	3
Anglo-Mysore War	2
Ottoman–Habsburg war	2
imperial conquest	2
Anglo-Burmese War	1
First Indochina War	1
First Opium War	1
Japanese–Korean War	1
Soviet–Japanese border war	1
guerra colonial	1
imperial war canonical	1
military conflict between Britain and Spain	1

Instances (55)

Instance	Via concept surface
Seringapatam campaign of 1799	Anglo-Mysore War
British-Aro War (Aro Expedition) of 1901–1902 surface form: British-Aro War	war of conquest
Conquest of the Seven Kingdoms	war of conquest
Spanish conquest of Siena	war of conquest
Russo-Japanese War	—
Anti-French Resistance War	First Indochina War
Nine Years' War in Ireland	early modern conflict
Russian–Caucasian War	imperial conquest
Anglo-Chinese War	First Opium War
Fifteen Years' War	Ottoman–Habsburg war
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)	Japanese–Korean War
War of the League of Augsburg	early modern conflict
Nine Years' War	early modern conflict
Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678)	early modern conflict
Long Turkish War	Ottoman–Habsburg war
Livonian War	early modern conflict
War of Jenkins' Ear	military conflict between Britain and Spain
Muslim conquest of Persia	war of conquest
Jugurthine War	Roman war
Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus	Roman–Parthian War
Dutch–Portuguese War	early modern conflict
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)	early modern conflict
First War 1276–1277	war of conquest
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)	early modern conflict
Guerra de los Diez Años	guerra colonial
Franco-Spanish border wars	early modern conflict
Latin War	Roman war
Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598)	early modern conflict
Aegon’s Conquest	war of conquest
Polish–Cossack conflicts	early modern conflict
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts in the Indian Ocean	early modern conflict
Nomonhan Incident	Soviet–Japanese border war
Caucasian War	imperial conquest
Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)	early modern conflict
Roman–Parthian War of 161–166	Roman–Parthian War
Polish–Muscovite War	early modern conflict
Timurid conquests	war of conquest
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War	Anglo-Mysore War
French conquest of Corsica	war of conquest
Wars of the Three Kingdoms	early modern conflict
Polish–Swedish wars	early modern conflict
Bella Marcomannica	Roman war
Portuguese Restoration War	early modern conflict
British conquest of Sindh	war of conquest
War of the Two Queens	early modern conflict
First Anglo-Burmese War	Anglo-Burmese War
Mongol conquests	war of conquest
Aragonese conquest of Sardinia	war of conquest
Restoration War	early modern conflict
Crimean–Nogai raids into Muscovy	early modern conflict