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Human headed winged bull facing

Human-headed winged bull facing. Bas-relief from the king Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713–716 BC. From Paul-Émile Botta's excavations in 1843–1844.

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

Events of the 1st millennium BC
  Africa America Asia Europe Oceania
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
 
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
   
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
 
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

Significant people of the 1st millennium BC
  Africa America Asia Europe Oceania
10th century BC Shoshenq I   King David of Israel
Zoroaster[3]
   
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]
 
4th century BC Khabash
Nastasen
  Pānini
Chandragupta
Mencius[11]
Aristotle[12]
Alexander the Great[13]
 
3rd century BC Hannibal   Ashoka[14]
Pingala
Qin Shi Huang[15]
Euclid[16]
Archimedes[17]
 
2nd century BC Hasdrubal the Boeotarch   Jonathan Maccabaeus
Emperor Wu of Han
   
1st century BC  Zoskales
Amanirenas
Cleopatra
  Herod the Great
Sima Qian
Cicero
Julius Caesar[18]
Virgil
 

Inventions, discoveries, introductions[]

Inventions, discoveries and introductions
Communication Math and Science Agriculture Transportation Warfare
  • alphabet
  • buoyancy
  • Geometry
  • Pythagorean theorem
  • Spherical earth
  • atoms
  • water clock[19]

 

Cultural landmarks[]

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[]

References[]

  1. 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. 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. 
  3. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Zoraster is ranked Number 93
  4. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Homer is ranked Number 98
  5. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Mahavira is ranked Number 100
  6. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Lao Tzu is ranked Number 73
  7. 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
  8. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Buddha is ranked Number 4
  9. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Confucius is ranked Number 5
  10. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Plato is ranked Number 40
  11. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Mencius is ranked Number 92
  12. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Aristotle is ranked Number 13
  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
  14. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Asoka is ranked Number 53
  15. 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
  16. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Euclid is ranked Number 14
  17. Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500.  Archimedes is ranked Number 102
  18. 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. 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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