1000s_BC_(decade)

1000s BC (decade)

1000s BC (decade)

Decade


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

Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 1000 BC.

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 [5]
  • Solomon, also king of Israel (see [6]
  • Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from 1000 BC to 600 BC)

References

  1. "Israel's Golden Age". 16 February 2011.
  2. an average of figures from different sources as listed at the US Census Bureau's Historical Estimates of World Population Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 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. ..."

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