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The 10th century BC comprises the years from 1000 BC to 901 BC. This period followed the Late Bronze Age collapse in the Near East , and the century saw the Early Iron Age take hold there. The Greek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued.
1000 BC—World population: 50,000,000 [3] 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 ...
11th millennium BC · 11,000–10,001 BC 10th millennium BC · 10,000–9001 BC 9th millennium BC · 9000–8001 BC 8th millennium BC · 8000–7001 BC 7th millennium BC · 7000–6001 BC 6th millennium BC · 6000–5001 BC 5th millennium BC · 5000–4001 BC 4th millennium BC · 4000–3001 BC 40th century BC: 39th century BC: 38th century BC ...
1000 BC: The second stream of Bantu expansion reaches the great lakes region of Africa, creating a major population centre. [35] [36] 890 BC: Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey. 814 BC: Foundation of Carthage by the Phoenicians in Tunisia. [37] [38] 808 BC: Formation of the Kingdom of Macedonia by King Karanos [39]
The 1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy: JD 1 356 182.5 – 1 721 425.5 [1]). It encompasses the Iron Age in the Old World and sees the transition from the Ancient Near East to classical antiquity.
While in 10,000 BC, the world population stood at 2 million, it rose to 45 million by 3000 BC. By the Iron Age in 1000 BC, the population had risen to 72 million. By the end of the ancient period in AD 500, the world population is thought to have stood at 209 million. In 10,500 years, the world population increased by 100 times. [2]
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Copper knife, spearpoints, awls, and spud, from the Late Archaic period, Wisconsin, 3000–1000 BC. In the classification of the archaeological cultures of North America, the Archaic period in North America, taken to last from around 8000 to 1000 BC [1] in the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages, is a period defined by the archaic stage of cultural development.