1000s BC

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).