One hundred years, from 1000 BC to 901 BC
The10th century BC comprises the years from 1000 BC to 901 BC. This period followed theLate Bronze Age collapse in theNear East, and the century saw theEarly Iron Age take hold there. TheGreek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued. TheNeo-Assyrian Empire is established towards the end of the 10th century BC. In theIron Age in India, theVedic period is ongoing. InChina, theZhou dynasty is in power.Bronze Age Europe continued withUrnfield culture.Japan was inhabited by an evolvinghunter-gatherer society during theJōmon period.
The world in the 10th century BC
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Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 1000 BC.
The world in 1000 BCE.
Gold burial mask ofPharaohPsusennes I, discovered 1940 byPierre Montet.- 1000 BC:India—Iron Age of India. Indian kingdoms rule India—Panchala,Kuru,Kosala,Pandya andVideha.
- c.1000 BC: TheSa Huỳnh culture started in central and southernVietnam.
- 993 BC:Amenemope succeedsPsusennes I as king ofEgypt.
- 993 BC: Archippus,King of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.
- 984 BC:Osorkon the Elder succeedsAmenemope asking ofEgypt.
- 982 BC: The end of first period (1197 BC—982 BC) bySau Yung's concept of theI Ching and history.
- 978 BC:Siamun succeedsOsorkon the Elder as king ofEgypt.
- 967 BC:Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King ofAssyria.
- 965 BC:David, king of theUnited Monarchy, dies.
- 962 BC:Solomon becomes king ofIsrael, following the death of his father, KingDavid. (traditional date)
- 959 BC:Psusennes II succeedsSiamun as king ofEgypt.
- 957 BC:Solomon completes the construction of theFirst Temple inJerusalem.
- c.953 BC: Alternative date to thefounding of Rome.[1]
- 952 BC: Thersippus,King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his sonPhorbas.
- 947 BC: Death ofKing Mo of Zhou, king of theZhou dynasty ofChina.
- 946 BC:King Gong of Zhou becomes king of theZhou dynasty ofChina.
- 945/943 BC:Egypt:Psusennes II dies, the last pharaoh of theTwenty-first Dynasty.Shoshenq I succeeds him, and founds theTwenty-second Dynasty.
- 935 BC: Death ofKing Gong of Zhou, king of theZhou dynasty ofChina.
- 935 BC: Death ofTiglath-Pileser II king ofAssyria.
- 931 BC:Solomon, king of the ancientIsraelites, dies.
- c. 925 BC: Partition of ancientIsrael into the Kingdoms ofJudah andIsrael.
- c.922 BC:Osorkon I succeeds his fatherShoshenq I as king ofEgypt.
- 922 BC:Phorbas,King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his sonMegacles.
- 912 BC:Adad-nirari II succeeds his fatherAshur-Dan II as king ofAssyria.
- 911 BC:Abijah, king ofJudah, dies.
- 909 BC:Jeroboam, the first king of the northernHebrewkingdom of Israel, dies and is succeeded by his sonNadab.
- c.900 BC: theVillanovan culture emerges innorthern Italy.
- c.900 BC: Foundation ofAnuradhapura,Sri Lanka.
- c.900 BC: theAdichanallur relics, from Tamil Nadu Culture, India came from this era[2]
- 900 BC:Kingdom of Kush.
Late 10th century BC:
See:List of sovereign states in the 10th century BC.