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    What is considered to have been the biggest war not counting WWI and WWII?

    Question #125616. Asked by star_gazer. (Apr 02 12 8:37 PM)


    tazman6619

    According to this article WWII was thw rost or biggest in terms of casualties followed by the Lushan Rebelion.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Lushan_Rebellion

    Apr 02 12, 9:03 PM
    Lottie1001

    The longest war was the Hundred Years War between England and France which lasted from 1337 to 1453 (116 years).

    http://akorra.com/2010/03/04/top-10-longest-wars/


    According to this wikipedia article the greatest death toll by percentage of the world population was the An Lushan Rebellion in China between 755 and 763. The Taiping Rebellion, also in China, from 1851 to 1864 had the greatest maximum death toll estimate.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll


    In the twentieth century the Korean War ranks third by death toll after the two world wars.

    http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/war-list.htm


    "the biggest war in history" appears to be an on-line computer game.

    http://www.sploder.com/games/members/senetel/play/the-biggest-war-in-history/




    Apr 03 12, 2:06 AM


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