Mappa delle crisi geopolitiche in atto cent'anni dopo la prima guerra mondiale

Locations of ongoing conflicts around the world, June 2014

  Major wars and civil unrest, 1,000+ deaths per year

  Minor skirmishes and conflicts, fewer than 1000 deaths per year

1) Guerra civile in Ucraina (la Russia appoggia i separatisti sud-orientali)

2) Guerra civile in Siria (la Russia appoggia il governo del presidente Assad)



Current military situation in Syria.

  Controlled by the Syrian government

  Controlled by Kurdish forces

  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

  Controlled by other rebels

Alleanza strategica tra Russia, Siria e Iran

3) Guerra dell'Isis: Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, guidato da terroristi sunniti vicini ad Al-Qaeda.

As of 21 June 2014

     Areas controlled by ISIS     Areas claimed or operated in by ISIS

     Rest of Iraq and Syria

4) Guerra civile in Libia





5) Conflitto tra Sudan, Sud-Sudan e Darfur e guerre civili in Somalia e Repubblica Centrafricana



Area complessiva dell'instabilità afro-asiatica


Mappa complessiva dell'instabilità globale

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2013	Fatalities in 2014
1978	War in Afghanistan	Asia	Afghanistan	1,405,111-2,084,468[10]	5,648[11]	138[19]
1991	Somali Civil War	Africa	Somalia  Somaliland	500,000+[20][21]	3,150[22]	854[23]
2001	Islamist insurgency in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	10,700+[27]	1,614[28]	2,081+[51]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	52,000[52]	5,366[52]	1,478[69]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	150,000+[70]	11,788[71]	66+[72][73][74]
2011	Egyptian Crisis	Africa	Egypt	4,300+[80]	1000+[citation needed]	79[92]-310
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	162,411+[98]	73,455[99]	28,680+[102]
2003	Iraqi insurgency	Asia	Iraq	19,598[103]	7,818[104]	4,050[108]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	CAR	2,000+[citation needed]	886-1,006+[d]	1,211+[23]
2013	South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan	10,000+[109]	10,000+[109]	415+[117]
2014	Pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine	Europe	Ukraine	2,038[122]	0	2,038[127]

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2013	Fatalities in 2014
1918	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	34,000+[128]	38-39[a]	1[129]
1945	Korean conflict	Asia	North Korea  South Korea	4,500,000+[130]	1[131]	5[132]
1947	Kashmir conflict	Asia	India  Pakistan	43,293–68,000[133][134][verification needed]	172[133][verification needed]	40[4][135]
1948	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Israel  Palestine	21,500[136]	31[148]	17[157][158]
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan	3,679+[159][160]	144+[159]	86+[164][165]
1948	Internal conflict in Burma	Asia	Burma	210,000[166]	240+[167]	48+[168]
1963	Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	400,000[172]	23+[181]	10[188]
1964	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	25,000[189]	197[52]	91[4]
1964	Colombian conflict (1964–present)	South America	Colombia	220,000-600,000[190][191]	448[192][193][194][195][196]	116[197][198][199]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	13,812[200][201]	384[citation needed]	108[202]
1969	Communist insurgency in the Philippines	Asia	Philippines	43,388+[203]	31+[204][205]	6[206]
1969	Moro insurgency in the Philippines[203]	Asia	Philippines	120,000[207]	287+[222]	91[227][228]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	70,000+[citation needed]	6+[233]
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	The Gambia  Senegal	5,000[234]	5+[235]
1984	Turkey-PKK conflict	Eurasia	Turkey	45,000–100,000[240]	21-22[f]	4[241][242]
1987	Lord's Resistance Army insurgency	Africa	Uganda  DRC  CAR  South Sudan	200,000 - 500,000[243]	47+ (civilians)[244]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  Armenia  Azerbaijan	27,287-38,027[249]	2+[250]	7[256]
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	2,000-3,000[citation needed]	88[262]	103[263][264][265][266][267]
1998	Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen	Asia	Yemen	3,711[268]	133-150+[b]	200[285]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Africa	Algeria  Mali  Tunisia  Mauritania  Niger	6,000[286][unreliable source?]	55+[287]	28[292]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	178,258-461,520[293]	431[299]	79[300]
2004	Shia insurgency in Yemen	Asia	Yemen	25,000[301]	100+[302]	207[314]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Africa	Nigeria	4,000-10,000[315]	123[316]
2004	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	5,469+[317]	180+[318]	18[327]
2005	Paraguayan People's Army insurgency	South America	Paraguay	36[330]-100+	11+[333]	3[329]
2007	ADF insurgency	Africa	DRC	47+[citation needed]	63+[339]	288[344]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	South Sudan  Sudan	7,441[348]	869+[citation needed]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	2,198+[353]	529[354]	18[360]
2009	South Yemen insurgency	Asia	Yemen	1,554+[361][362]	10+[363]	13 [276]
2011	Sudan–SRF conflict	Africa	Sudan  South Sudan	4,900+[364]	10+[365][366]
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	325[citation needed]	200+[citation needed]	54[376]
2011	Post-civil war violence in Libya	Africa	Libya	1,371 - 1,397[citation needed]	165-166+[citation needed]	520+[23][377]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	765 - 2,397+[392]	9+[e]	94[398]

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At Cong it was at Midsummer that a great battle took place between the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha Dé Danann on the great plain of Moytura in Cross. They played the first ever hurling match on those plains. The Firbolgs outshone that day, but the battle was won by the Tuatha de Danann. Ballymagibbon Cairn was erected to celebrate the battle. . The neighbourhood of Cong still preserves both relics and traditions of the fight. Upon the plain of "Southern Moytura" (as it is called, to distinguish it from the "Northern Moytura" of the second battle) are many circles and tumuli. These circles are especially numerous near the village itself; and it is said that there were formerly others, which have been used for making walls and dykes. Large cairns of stones, too, are scattered over what was certainly once the scene of a great battle. These various prehistoric monuments each have their still-told story; and Sir William Wilde, as he relates in his Lough Corrib, was so impressed by the unexpected agreement between the details of the legendary battle, as he read them in the ancient manuscript, and the traditions still attaching to the mounds, circles, and cairns, that he tells us he could not help coming to the conclusion that the account was absolutely historical.



Sotto: Collège de Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

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