1000s BC (decade)
Decade
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The 1000s BC is a decade that lasted from 1009 BC to 1000 BC.
Events and trends
- 1006 BCâDavid becomes king of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel (traditional date). ( see [1])
- Earliest evidence of farming in the Kenya highlands.
- c. 1000 BCâIron Age starts.
- c. 1000 BCâThe United Kingdom of Israel reaches its largest size, it is Israel's golden age.[2]
- c. 1000 BCâNok culture in Nigeria.
- c. 1000 BCâLatins come to Italy from the Danube region.
- c. 1000 BCâAssyrians started to conquer neighbouring regions.
- 1000 BCâWorld population: 50,000,000[3]
- 1000 BCâPriene, Western Anatolia is founded.
- c. 1000 BCâHungarian separates from its closest linguistic relatives, the Ob-Ugric languages.
- c. 1000 BCâAncient Iranian peoples enter Persia.
- c. 1000 BCâVillanovans occupy the northern and western Italy.
- c. 1000 BCâPhoenician alphabet is invented.
- c. 1000 BCâRice is cultivated in Vietnam.
- 1000 BCâEarly Horizon period starts in the Andes.
- c. 1000 BCâChavin culture starts in the Andes.
- c. 1000 BCâParacas culture starts in the Andes.
- c. 1000 BCâHistorical beginning of the peoples we later know as Illyrians[4]
- c. 1000 BCâRough carbon-14 dating of the Cherchen Man.
Significant people
- Saul, king of Israel (1037 BC-1010 BC) (according to the Bible and Tanakh only. No real historical evidence)
- David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BCâ965 BC) (see [5])
- Solomon, also king of Israel (see [5])
- Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from 1000 BC to 600 BC)