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1000s BC (decade)

Decade

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

Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 1000 BC

Events and trends

1006 BC—David becomes king of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel (traditional date). ( see )
Earliest evidence of farming in the Kenya highlands.
c. 1000 BC—Iron Age starts.
c. 1000 BC—The United Kingdom of Israel reaches its largest size, it is Israel's golden age.
c. 1000 BC—Nok culture in Nigeria.
c. 1000 BC—Latins come to Italy from the Danube region.
c. 1000 BC—Archaeological evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in 2005 dates the Proto-Dravidian language, a classical language spoken in India.
c. 1000 BC—Assyrians 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 occupy the northern and western Italy.
c. 1000 BC—Phoenician alphabet is invented.
c. 1000 BC—Rice is cultivated in Vietnam.
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 Illyrians
c. 1000 BC—Rough 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 BC–965 BC) (see )
Solomon, also king of Israel (see )
Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from 1000 BC to 600 BC)

References

"King David, An Archaeological Biography".
(16 February 2011). "Israel's Golden Age".
an average of figures from different sources as listed at the US Census Bureau's [https://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html Historical Estimates of World Population] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-10-13)
The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, {{ISBN. 0-631-19807-5, 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. ..."
"King David, An Archaeological Biography".

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