• 1006 BC—
David becomes king of the ancient
United Kingdom of Israel (traditional date). ( see ) • Earliest evidence of
farming in the
Kenya highlands. • c. 1000 BC—
Iron Age starts. • c. 1000 BC—The
United Kingdom of Israel reaches its largest size, it is Israel's golden age. • c. 1000 BC—
Nok culture in
Nigeria. • c. 1000 BC—
Latins come to
Italy from the
Danube region. • c. 1000 BC—
Assyrians started to conquer neighbouring regions. • 1000 BC—
World population: 50,000,000 • 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. • c. 1000 BC—
Rice is cultivated in Vietnam. • 1000 BC—
Early Horizon period starts in the
Andes. • c. 1000 BC—
Chavin culture starts in the
Andes. • c. 1000 BC—
Paracas culture starts in the
Andes. • c. 1000 BC—Historical beginning of the peoples we later know as
Illyrians • c. 1000 BC—Rough carbon-14 dating of the
Cherchen Man. ==Significant people==