The 1000s BC is a decade which lasted from 1009 BC to 1000 BC.

Events and trends

* 1006 BC— David becomes king of the ancient

United Kingdom of Israel The United Monarchy () in the Hebrew Bible refers to Israel and Judah under the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon. It is traditionally dated to have lasted between and . According to the biblical account, on the succession of Solomon's son Re ...

(traditional date). * Earliest evidence of farming in the Kenya highlands. * c. 1000 BC— Iron Age starts. * c. 1000 BC—The

reaches its largest size, it is Israel's golden age. * c. 1000 BC— Nok culture in Nigeria. * c. 1000 BC—

Latins The Latins were originally an Italic tribe in ancient central Italy from Latium. As Roman power and colonization spread Latin culture during the Roman Republic. Latins culturally "Romanized" or "Latinized" the rest of Italy, and the word Latin ...

come to Italy from the Danube region. * c. 1000 BC—Archaeological evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

dates the Proto-Dravidian language, a classical language spoken in India. * c. 1000 BC—

Assyrians Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ...

started to conquer neighbouring regions. * 1000 BC— World population: 50,000,000 * 1000 BC— Priene, Western Anatolia is founded. * c. 1000 BC— Hungarian separates from its closest linguistic relatives, the Ob-Ugric languages. * c. 1000 BC— Ancient Iranian peoples enter Persia. * c. 1000 BC—

Villanovans The Villanovan culture (c. 900–700 BC), regarded as the earliest phase of the Etruscan civilization, was the earliest Iron Age culture of Italy. It directly followed the Bronze Age Proto-Villanovan culture which branched off from the Urnfield ...

occupy the northern and western Italy. * c. 1000 BC— Phoenician alphabet is invented. * c. 1000 BC— Rice is cultivated in

Ancient Japan The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new invent ...

. * 1000 BC— Early Horizon period starts in the Andes. * c. 1000 BC— Chavin culture starts in the Andes. * c. 1000 BC— Paracas culture starts in the Andes. * c. 1000 BC—Historical beginning of the peoples we later know as IllyriansThe Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, , 1996, p. 39: "... the other hand, the beginnings of the Iron Age around 1000 BC is held to coincide with the formation of the historical Illyrian peoples. ..." * c. 1000 BC—Rough carbon-14 dating of the

Cherchen Man Cherchen Man or Chärchän Man or Ur-David is the modern name given to a mummy found in the town Cherchen, located in current Xinjiang region of China. The mummy is a member of the group known as Tarim mummies. His naturally-mummified remains were d ...

Significant people

* Saul, king of Israel (1037 BC-1010 BC) * David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BC–965 BC) *

Solomon Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...

, also king of Israel * Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from

1000 BC The 1000s BC is a decade which lasted from 1009 BC to 1000 BC. Events and trends * 1006 BC—David becomes king of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel (traditional date). * Earliest evidence of farming in the Kenya highlands. * c. 1000 BC—I ...

to 600 BC)

References

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