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Longest wars ever to be fought in human history

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Reconquista - 781 years Spanning an incredible 781 years, the Reconquista was a long and arduous war fought by Spanish and Portuguese forces against the Muslim rulers of the Iberian Peninsula.

Battle of the wall of Angrivarii

Roman-Germani Wars - 708 years The Roman-Germanic Wars were a series of conflicts that spanned 708 years, from 113 BC to 596 CE. This clash between the two civilizations resulted in the displacement of the Roman Empire and Germanic ancestral region

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Anglo-French Wars - 706 years The Anglo-French Wars were a series of conflicts fought for 706 years, extending from 1109 CE until the second defeat of Napoleon in 1815. 

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Roman-Persian Wars - 681 years The wars began in the mid-1st century BCE and didn't end until 628 CE, lasting a staggering 681 years. The wars began with a failed negotiation for an alliance between Mithridates II and Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars - 675 years The Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars were a series of conflicts that took place for 675 years between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and Bulgaria. 

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Crusades - 604 years The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1095 CE and 1699 CE. During this period, armies from European Christian kingdoms attempted to conquer Muslim-controlled lands in the Levant region of the Middle East.

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Arab-Byzantine Wars - 421 years The Arab-Byzantine Wars were a series of conflicts that spanned over four centuries and one year. This long-standing animosity between the two mighty empires had many factors—including economic, geopolitical, and religious

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Yemeni-Ottoman Conflicts - 373 years The Yemeni–Ottoman conflicts refer to battles between 1538 CE and 1911 CE, mostly involving the Ottoman Empire and various factions in Yemen.

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Moroccan-Portuguese Conflicts - 354 years The Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts lasted from 1415 CE to 1769 CE and were a series of wars and skirmishes between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdoms of Morocco. 

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Russo-Turkish Wars - 350 years The Russo-Turkish wars were a series of 12 conflicts between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire that spanned from 1568 CE to 1918 CE. 

American soldiers during the Moro Campaigns

Spanish-Moro Conflict - 333 years The Spanish–Moro conflict was a centuries-long struggle between the Spanish Empire and various Muslim factions in the Philippines, lasting from 1565 CE to 1898 CE.