(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

Overview

Events

• 993 BC - Amenemope succeeds Psusennes I as king of Egypt.
• 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 succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.
• 982 BC - The end of first period (1197 BC - 982 BC) by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.
• 978 BC - Siamun succeeds Osorkon the Elder as king of Egypt.
• 967 BC - Solomon becomes king of the Israelites.
• 967 BC - Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.
• 965 BC - David, king of the ancient Israelites, died.
• 962 BC - Solomon becomes king of Israel, following the death of his father, King David. (traditional date)
• 959 BC - Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.
• 952 BC - Thersippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas.
• 947 BC - Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 946 BC - Zhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 945 BC - Egypt: Psusennes III dies, the last king of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Shoshenq I succeeds him, the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty.
• 935 BC - Death of Zhou gong wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 935 BC - Death of Tiglath-Pileser II king of Assyria.
• 934 BC - Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 925 BC - Solomon, king of the ancient Israelites, died.
• c. 925 BC - Partition of ancient Israel into the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
• 924 BC - Osorkon I succeeds his father Shoshenq I as king of Egypt.
• 922 BC - Phorbas, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Megacles.
• 912 BC - Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.
• 911 BC - Abijah, king of Judah, dies.
• 910 BC - Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 909 BC - Zhou xiao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 909 BC - Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel, dies and is succeeded by his son Nadab.
• c. 900 BC - the Villanovan culture emerges in northern Italy.
• 900 BC - Kingdom of Kush.
• Foundation of Sparta.
• The kingdom of Ethiopia is founded by Menelik I, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. (according to legend)
• First extant evidence of written Aramaic language.
• The earliest known settlement in Plymouth, England dates back to this era.
• Creation of ceremonial golden hats in Central Europe.

Significant persons

• Saul, king of the ancient Israelites.
• David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BC–965 BC).
• Solomon, king of the ancient Israelites (965 BC–925 BC).
• Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from 1000 BC to 600 BC).

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

10th century BC

10 век пр.н.е. | Segle X aC | 10. století př. n. l. | 10. århundrede f.Kr. | 10. Jahrhundert v. Chr. | Siglo X adC | 10-a jarcento a.K. | K. a. X. mendea | Xe siècle av. J.-C. | 기원전 10세기 | 10. stoljeće p.n.e. | 10ma yar-cento aK | X secolo a.C. | המאה ה-10 לפנה"ס | 10. Joerhonnert v. Chr. | I. e. 10. század | 10e eeuw v. Chr. | 紀元前10世紀 | 10. århundre f.Kr. | X wiek p.n.e. | Século X a.C. | X век до н. э. | 10. stoletje pr. n. št. | 10. век пне. | 900-luku eaa | Ika-10 siglo BC | MA 10. yöz | 前10世纪