| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC |
| Decades: | 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC - 1000s BC - 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC |
| Years: | 1009 BC 1008 BC 1007 BC 1006 BC 1005 BC 1004 BC 1003 BC 1002 BC 1001 BC 1000 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- 1006 BC — David becomes king of the ancient Israelites (traditional date).
- 1002 BC — Death of Zhou zhao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 1001 BC — Zhou mo wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- Earliest evidence of farming in the Kenya highlands.
- c. 1000 BC — Bronze Age ends.
- c. 1000 BC — Latins come to Italy from the Danube region.
- c. 1000 BC — Archaeological evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in 2005 dates the Tamil language, a classical language spoken in India.
- c. 1000 BC — Assyrians started to conquer neighbouring regions.
- 1000 BC — World population: 50,000,0001
- 1000 BC — Priene, Western Turkey is founded.
- c. 1000 BC — Hungarian separates from its closest linguistic relatives, the Ob-Ugric languages.
- c. 1000 BC — Saul.
- c. 1000 BC — Ancient Iranian peoples enter Persia.
- c. 1000 BC — Iron is introduced in Ancient India.
- Phoenician alphabet is invented.
Significant people
- David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BC–965 BC)
- Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from 1000 BC to 600 BC)
References
- ^ an average of figures from different sources as listed at the US Census Bureau's Historical Estimates of World Population
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