what is the very first war in world(earth)history?

Answer 1

The first recorded war occurred in about 2700 B.C. It was between Sumer (in modern Iraq) and Elam (a region that is now part of Iran), and was fought in the area around Basra (just like the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s). Of course, humans had been fighting each other for thousands of years before that, but there are no records of these earlier conflicts. (mainly because writing wasn't invented 3000 B.C. )

Answer 2

Most likely swallowed up in the mists of time that said aside from stone age tribes fighting amongst themselves for various reasons, the Actual 'Art' of War, planning an attack on one's neighbors, assembling weapons & supplies, and carrying out actions intended to destroy one's neighbors will have to give the nod to the Assyrians.
They didn't just sweep out and kill their neighbors as did the Egyptians, the Assyrians actually developed written language so that they could plan & carry out war. They took fighting beyond the barroom brawl stage.

http://www.ugg.de/bg/AW/AW.shtml
""Peace is not a condition between independent states. Peace is a service that can be bought...for tribute to the Assyrian King".

As can be seen from the cover on the left the Assyrians were the innovators of siege warfare. All siege techniques like rams, towers, undermining city walls have been developed to mastery by the Assyrians.
Typical Assyrian is the shield bearer with oversize shields protecting the masses of bowmen from enemy fire.

Assyrian Wars brings us back to the time of the ancient Mesopotamia.
Assyrian Wars covers the ruler period of the last four great Assyrian Kings and the decline and Fall period till the destruction of the Assyrian Empire and the defeat of their Egyptian Allies, from 722 to 605 BC"""



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Answer 3

Lagash defeated Umma - c.2450 bce, in Sumeria, southern Mesopotamia. According to the inscribed pillar known as : the Stele of Vultures. The first recorded battle between city-states, according to book below.

Answer 4

"The beginning of prehistoric wars is a disputed issue between anthropologists and historians. In the earliest societies, such as hunter-gatherer societies, there were no social roles or divisions of labor (with the exception of age or sex differences), so every able person contributed to any raids or defense of territory."

"In 'War Before Civilization', Lawrence H. Keeley, a professor at the University of Illinois, calculates that 87 per cent of tribal societies were at war more than once per year, and some 65 per cent of them were fighting continuously. The attrition rate of numerous close-quarter clashes, which characterize warfare in tribal warrior society, produces casualty rates of up to 60%."

"The introduction of agriculture brought large differences between farm workers' societies and hunter-gatherer groups. Probably, during periods of famine, hunters started to massively attack the villages of countrymen, leading to the beginning of organized warfare. In relatively advanced agricultural societies a major differentiation of roles was possible; consequently the figure of professional soldiers or militaries as distinct, organized units was born.

"The first archaeological record, though disputed, of a prehistoric battle is about seven thousand years old, and it is located on the Nile in Egypt, in an area known as Cemetery 117 [near the border with Sudan EVT]. A large number of bodies, many with arrowheads embedded in their skeletons, indicates that they may have been the casualties of a battle."

"Military history : Prehistoric warfare & Ancient warfare" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_war#Prehistoric_warfare

"Of the hunter-gatherer societies still in existence today, some lead lives of great violence, frequently raiding neighboring groups and seizing territory, women, and goods from others by force. Other groups, such as the Bushmen of the Kalahari, live in societies with no warfare and very little murder. Which of these states was more common among early humans is unknown and is a matter of deep debate."

"Military conquests expanding city states to empires begins in the 3rd millennium BC, notably with Sargon I creating the Akkadian Empire. Senusret I in the 20th century BC subjugates Nubia under Egyptian control. Babylonia and later Assyria built empires in Mesopotamia while the Hittite Empire ruled much of Anatolia. Chariots appear in the 20th century BC, and become central to warfare in the Ancient Near East from the 17th century BC. The Hyksos and Kassite invasions mark the transition to the Late Bronze Age. Ahmose I defeated the Hyksos and re-established Egyptian control of Nubia and Canaan, territories again defended by Ramesses II at the Battle of Kadesh, the greatest chariot battle of the Bronze Age. The raids of the Sea Peoples and the renewed disintegration of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period marks the end of the Bronze Age."

"Prehistoric warfare" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare

Answer 5

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"Make me."