List of conflicts in Mauritania

Ghana Empire

 * 647 — 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
 * 739 — 743 Berber Revolt
 * c. 970 — c. 1240 Decline of the Ghana Empire
 * c. 1075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire

Mali Empire

 * 1235 — 1230 Pre-imperial expansion
 * 1235 — 1250 Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
 * 1300 — 1337 The empire at its zenith
 * 1337 — 1440 The fragmenting empire
 * 1440 — 1490 The empire on the defensive
 * 1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali empire

Songhai Empire

 * 1440 — 1490 The Mali Empire on the Defensive
 * 1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali Empire
 * 1578 — 1603 Campaigns of Ahmad al-Mansur of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

 * February 25, 2011 — 2012? Mauritanian protests