1000s BC (decade)

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). ( 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 Torah 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)