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| c. 1100 BC |
| | | The Phoenicians develop the war galley, with a sharp battering ram in the bow | |
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| c. 1050 BC |
| | | Samson is one of many Hebrew chieftains fighting the Philistines for possession of Canaan | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The Israelites are defeated by the Philistines on Mount Gilboa, with Saul and three of his sons dying during or after the battle | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The nomadic fighters of the steppes, nimble on horseback and shooting arrows as they go, pioneer the techniques of cavalry warfare | |
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| c. 870 BC |
| | | An annual event in Assyria is the departure of the army in spring for an expedition of ruthless and brutal conquest | |
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| -853 BC |
| | | Gindibu brings 1000 Arab warriors on camels to do battle at Karkar (the first known reference to Arabs as a distinct group) | |
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| 612 BC |
| | | The Babylonians defeat an Egyptian army at Carchemish, but do not press on into Egypt | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | | The hoplite - a Greek citizen, heavily armed in bronze and leather - proves a formidable fighting man | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | | The phalanx, though not originally devised in Greece, is a devastating formation on the battlefield when composed of hoplites | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | | The Greek city states pioneer the use of citizen armies, made up of free men who bring their own fighting equipment | |
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