1000s BC
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Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC
Decades: 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC - 1000s BC - 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC
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 BCE - Latins come to Italy from the Danube region.
- c. 1000 BCE - Archaelogical evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in 2005 dates the Tamil language, a classical language spoken in India.
- Phoenician alphabet 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).
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