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The 1st millennium BC encompasses the Iron Age and sees the rise of many successive empires.
The Neo-Assyrian Empire, followed by the Achaemenids. In Greece, Classical Antiquity begins with the colonization of Magna Graecia and peaks with the rise of Hellenism. The close of the millennium sees the rise of the Roman Empire. In South Asia, the Vedic civilization blends into the Maurya Empire. The early Celts dominate Central Europe while Northern Europe is in the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The Scythians dominate Central Asia. In China, the Spring and Autumn Period sees the rise of Confucianism. Towards the close of the millennium, the Han Dynasty extends Chinese power towards Central Asia, where it borders on Indo-Greek and Iranian states. The Maya civilization rises in Central America, while in Africa, Ancient Egypt begins its decline, rise of the Nubian Empire, and Aksum 's birth. The religions of Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism (Vedic religion and Vedanta), Jainism and Buddhism develop. Graeco-Roman Europe, India and China see the rise of literature. World population greatly increases in the course of the millennium, reaching some 170 to 400 million people at its close depending on the estimates used.
Events[]
The events in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
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10th century BC | 1000 BC rise of Nok culture 1000 B.C. decline of Tichit -Walata 1000 Beginning of East/South Bantu expansion |
1000 BC rise of Chavín de Huántar in Peru[1] 1000 BC Settlement of Poverty Point, Louisiana reached its height[1] |
967 BC Solomon anointed king of Israel 925 BC Judah secedes from Israel |
1000 BC Helladic period ended in Ancient Greece | |
9th century BC | 872 BC Nile floods the Temple of Luxor 836 BC Civil war in Egypt 814 BC Carthage founded |
900 BC La Venta replaces San Lorenzo (Olmec)[1] 900 BC Rise of Tres Zapotes 850 BC Rise of Zapotec civilization in Mexico[1] |
863 BC Bath founded | ||
8th century BC | 740 BC Kushite Piye begins reign 727 BC Kush conquers Egypt, 25 dynasty 701 BC Kushites repels Assyrians from Jerusalem |
800 BC Kaminaljuyu established (Maya) 800 BC Rise of Adena culture in Ohio[1] 800 BC Beginning of corn cultivation on Amazon flood plain[1] |
738 BC Assyria invades Israel 727 BC Babylonia secedes from Assyria 722 BC Israel is conquered by Assyria |
800 BC rise of Etruscan civilization 776 BC first Olympiad 753 BC Rome founded |
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7th Century BC | 700 BC Pre-Aksumite 674 BC Taharqa defeats Assyrian invasion 671 BC Kushites expelled from Egypt by Assyrians |
700 BC Poverty Point (Louisiana) abandoned[1] 700 BC Many temple centres abandoned on coast of Peru[1] |
700 BC Upanishads written 631 BC End of the Assyrian Empire |
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6th century BC | 592 BC Psamtik II sack Napata 600 BC Iron making around Great Lakes region 600 BC circa, Nok iron smelting |
600 BC Rise of Paracas culture (Peru)[1] 600 BC writing system appears in Mexico 600 BC Ball courts appear in Olmec centres[1] |
539 BC Persians conquer Babylon 528 BC Buddhism founded |
509 BC Roman Republic established | |
5th century BC | 500 BC Trans-saharan trade in full bloom from Morocco to Senegal River 500 BC Meroe becomes center of iron production 500 BC Development of Ge'ez alphabet |
500 BC Northwest Coast native peoples begin to flourish[1] 500 BC Hieroglyphic inscriptions produced in Zapotec centre of Monte Albán[1] 450 BC Mound building in eastern North America[1] |
450 BC Tanakh compiled 486 BC Grand Canal begun |
490 BC Battle of Marathon 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae 431 BC Peloponnesian War |
500 BC Austronesian peoples settle Western Polynesia |
4th century BC | 343 BC Persia conquers Egypt 338 Khabash revolts against Persian occupation 332 BC Alexander conquers Egypt |
400 BC Emergence of Moche civilisation in Peru[1] 350 BC Beginnings of Nasca culture in southern Peru 350 BC Inca metal work[1] |
334 BC Greece conquers Persia 321 BC Rise of the Mauryan Empire |
395 BC Corinthian War | |
3rd century BC | 300 BC Tafinagh script developed 300 BC Meroe becomes capital of Kush 202 BC Battle of Zama |
250 BC First Mayan hieroglyphics 300 BC The double-spout-and-bridge bottle becomes widespread[1] 250 BC Grave Creek Mound built in West Virginia |
221 BC China unified | 264 BC First Punic War 218 BC Second Punic War |
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2nd century BC | 200 BC Djenné settled 200 BC Meroitic script in completed form 146 BC Carthage final defeat,Roman province of Africa |
200 BC Zapotec state develops in Mexico[1] 200 BC Great temple complex declines at Chavín de Huántar, Peru[1] 200 BC Elite Calima burials with rich grave-goods deposited in Malagana, Colombia[1] |
185 BC Fall of the Maurya Empire | 149 BC Third Punic War | |
1st century BC | 100 BC Aksum develops its Indian, Red Sea trade links 31 BC Rome conquers Egypt 20 BC Meroites thwart Roman conquest |
100 BC Rise of the Hopewell exchange system along the Mississippi[2] 100 BC Rise of Teotihuacán in Mexico[2] 50 BC Rise of the Iputiak in Alaska[2] |
146 BC Battle of Corinth 31 BC Battle of Actium |
Significant people[]
The people in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
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10th century BC | Shoshenq I | King David of Israel Zoroaster[3] |
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9th century BC | Osorkon I | Homer[4] | |||
8th century BC | Piye | Isaiah | Romulus and Remus | ||
7th Century BC | Taharqa Psamtik I |
Jeremiah | |||
6th century BC | Aspelta Psamtik II Apries |
Mahavira[5] Lao Zi[6] Cyrus the Great[7] |
Leonidas | ||
5th century BC | Baskakeren Harsiotef |
Gautama Buddha[8] Confucius[9] Darius I of Persia |
Pericles Socrates Plato[10] |
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4th century BC | Khabash Nastasen |
Pānini Chandragupta Mencius[11] |
Aristotle[12] Alexander the Great[13] |
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3rd century BC | Hannibal | Ashoka[14] Pingala Qin Shi Huang[15] |
Euclid[16] Archimedes[17] |
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2nd century BC | Hasdrubal the Boeotarch | Jonathan Maccabaeus Emperor Wu of Han |
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1st century BC | Zoskales Amanirenas Cleopatra |
Herod the Great Sima Qian |
Cicero Julius Caesar[18] Virgil |
Inventions, discoveries, introductions[]
Communication | Math and Science | Agriculture | Transportation | Warfare |
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Cultural landmarks[]
- The Axial Age (8th century BC—2nd century BC), according to the theory of Karl Jaspers.
- Late 3rd century BC or 2nd century BC—Veiled and masked dancer is made. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Centuries and decades[]
10th century BC | 990s BC | 980s BC | 970s BC | 960s BC | 950s BC | 940s BC | 930s BC | 920s BC | 910s BC | 900s BC |
9th century BC | 890s BC | 880s BC | 870s BC | 860s BC | 850s BC | 840s BC | 830s BC | 820s BC | 810s BC | 800s BC |
8th century BC | 790s BC | 780s BC | 770s BC | 760s BC | 750s BC | 740s BC | 730s BC | 720s BC | 710s BC | 700s BC |
7th century BC | 690s BC | 680s BC | 670s BC | 660s BC | 650s BC | 640s BC | 630s BC | 620s BC | 610s BC | 600s BC |
6th century BC | 590s BC | 580s BC | 570s BC | 560s BC | 550s BC | 540s BC | 530s BC | 520s BC | 510s BC | 500s BC |
5th century BC | 490s BC | 480s BC | 470s BC | 460s BC | 450s BC | 440s BC | 430s BC | 420s BC | 410s BC | 400s BC |
4th century BC | 390s BC | 380s BC | 370s BC | 360s BC | 350s BC | 340s BC | 330s BC | 320s BC | 310s BC | 300s BC |
3rd century BC | 290s BC | 280s BC | 270s BC | 260s BC | 250s BC | 240s BC | 230s BC | 220s BC | 210s BC | 200s BC |
2nd century BC | 190s BC | 180s BC | 170s BC | 160s BC | 150s BC | 140s BC | 130s BC | 120s BC | 110s BC | 100s BC |
1st century BC | 90s BC | 80s BC | 70s BC | 60s BC | 50s BC | 40s BC | 30s BC | 20s BC | 10s BC | 0s BC |
See also[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 "World Timeline of the Americas 1000 BC - AD 200". The British Museum. 2005. http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/1000-200BC. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "World Timeline of the Americas 200 BC - AD 600". The British Museum. 2005. http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/200BC-AD600. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Zoraster is ranked Number 93
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Homer is ranked Number 98
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Mahavira is ranked Number 100
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Lao Tzu is ranked Number 73
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Cyrus the Great is ranked Number 87
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Buddha is ranked Number 4
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Confucius is ranked Number 5
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Plato is ranked Number 40
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Mencius is ranked Number 92
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Aristotle is ranked Number 13
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Alexander the Great is ranked Number 33
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Asoka is ranked Number 53
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Shih Huang Ti is ranked Number 17
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Euclid is ranked Number 14
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Archimedes is ranked Number 102
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Julius Caesar is ranked Number 67
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 "Who Built it First". Ancient Discoveries. A&E Television Networks. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5gka7inaW. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
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