Century
10th century BCE
The years 1000 – 901 BCE. The atlas records 77 events begun in them: the most significant follow, region by region, with the realms of the age and its wonders, trade routes, faiths and great people.
- 1000 – 901 BCE
- 77 events
- 6 realms
- Realms with a page of their own
- Others the atlas draws, from Cliopatria
Headlines
The most significant events, wherever they happened- 10th century BCESack of JerusalemCrime · Middle East
- 961 – 957 BCEZhou–Chu WarWar · East Asia
- 1000 BCEHekla 3 eruptionNatural disaster · Europe
- 1st millennium BCEPhoenician settlement of North AfricaEvent · North Africa
- 900s BCEFounding of SpartaFounding · Europe
- 10th century BCEFounding of EphesusFounding · Middle East
- 930 BCEFounding of Kingdom of JudahFounding · Middle East
- 950 BCE – 1948 CEFounding of AshkelonFounding · Middle East
Around the world
The most significant of the rest, in each regionNorth Africa
Middle East
- Construction of Solomon's Temple996 BCE · Construction996 BCE
- Founding of Kingdom of Israel930 BCE · Founding930 BCE
- Founding of Neo-Assyrian Empire911 BCE · Founding911 BCE
- Fall of United Kingdom of Israel930 BCE · Collapse930 BCE
- Founding of Sheba1000 BCE · Founding1000 BCE
- Founding of Priene1000 BCE · Founding1000 BCE
Europe
- Founding of Eryx1st millennium BCE · Founding1st millennium BCE
- Construction of Bouleuterion of Ancient Olympia1st millennium BCE · Construction1st millennium BCE
- Founding of Mellor hill fort1st millennium BCE · Founding1st millennium BCE
- Founding of Citânia de São Julião de Caldelas10th century – 9th century BCE · Founding10th century – 9th century BCE
- Founding of Retranchement de l'âge du Fer de la pointe du Meinga1st millennium BCE · Founding1st millennium BCE
- Founding of Drahovice10th century BCE · Founding10th century BCE
South Asia
East Asia
Realms of the age
Our civilizations alive in these years, by home region. Each track is the century, its bar the realm’s years.Sub-Saharan Africa
Kingdom of Kush2180 BCE – 350 CE
Middle East
Elam2700 – 539 BCE
Babylonia19th century – 539 BCE
Neo-Assyrian Empire911 – 609 BCE
East Asia
Zhou dynasty11th century – 256 BCE
Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
Maya2nd millennium BCE – 1521 CE · culture sphere