What was the first known war in history?
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The earliest written reference to a war was between Sumer and Elam in 2700BCE.
The earliest battle we have a written account for is Megiddo... Thutmose III vs. The Caananites, lead by the city of Kadesh. The Egyptians won, and tossed up a bunch of monuments to celebrate the victory, wrote a bunch of scrolls on the topic, and so knowledge of the battle was passed down to the present. The earliest archaeological record of warfare was also in Egypt, but between those who lived on the lower nile and those who lived on the upper nile in Sudan.
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The Mahabharat war in Kurukshetra has been astronomically dated to 3067 BCE. Refer to the work done by B.N.Narahari Achar (Univ of Memphis). There is astronomical consistency in the text with regards to occurrences of eclipses, comet movements and lunar phases. The Mahabharat war is the oldest recorded war in history. The story of the war is recorded as the world's longest epic by Vyasa. The Bhagvad Gita - revered text of the Hindus is embedded in this epic.
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Chinese traditional history includes a war between the Yellow Emperor and the Flame Emperor. The main battle is called the Battle of Banquan. This is supposed to be before the two of them joined forces to fight Chiyou. Tradition puts the date at sometime before the 2500 bc.
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The Mahabharata War ( a.k.a. the Kurukshetra War) is said to have taken place more than 5000 years ago.
Also see: Mahabharat War
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Hamoukar in Northern Mesopotamia is the first city that we have archeological evidence of it having been destroyed through warfare.
Hundreds of slings and clay balls were found in 2005. They are evidence of the oldest-known large-scale organized warfare: the destruction of the city is dated circa 3500BCE.
The archaeologists reported finding collapsed mud-brick walls that had undergone heavy bombardment and ensuing fire.
This battle is supposed to have been part of the southern Mesopotamian civilisation overtaking the northern one.
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