10th Century BC.

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Years 990 BC Years 980 BC Years 970 BC Years 960 BC Years 950 BC Years 940 BC Years 930 BC Years 920 BC Years 910 BC Years 900 BC

See also : List of centuries, Roman numerals

Events

Around 950: according to the Ethiopian tradition of Kebra Nagast written in the 17th century, Menelik , son of the king of Israel Solomon and the queen of Saba, founded the kingdom of Axum. The foundation of Aksum by Semitic-speaking Sabeans who allegedly crossed the Red Sea from South Arabia (present-day Yemen) is challenged by most researchers who favour indigenous development before the Sabian migration to (D'mt)

Asia and the Pacific
1000-600: Late Vedic period in India, linked to the archaeological discovery of grey pottery painted in the Gange region, particularly in Haryana (900-500). The introduction of iron tools makes it possible to intensify the clearing of the Gange region. Rice is growing. Around 1000, the Aryans entered the Gujerat. Priests dominate society. It was at that time that the sacred texts of Hinduism, the Veda, were written, attesting to the caste system. Vedic literature of the Sutra (according to tradition). Possible era of Mahābhārata writing. King Rishabhanatha founded the Jaina religion (traditional date). Man perfects himself by his actions during his life, and at his death, reborn in another body — the theory of Karma, Ahimsa (non-violence), vegetarianism and reincarnation.

1000-400: Jōmon final period in Japan.

1000 - 43: Dong Son culture in northern Vietnam. Bronze metallurgy (drums of Dong Son), rice cultivation.

1000-800: Final bronze age in the Eurasian steppes, known as a transition phase from Karassouk culture to the Iron Age known as Kamenniy Log (or Kamennyi Log). Pastoral groups are the majority. The completely nomadic economy of steppes is based on extensive breeding of horses, cattle and sheep, with the addition of agriculture and hunting.

950-700: Lapita (polynesian) peoples are attested on Tonga (950-900), Samoa (900-850) Futuna and Uvea (circa 700).
about 1050 B.C. - ap. J.-C.: beginning and extension of the formative period of Tiwanaku civilization in the Andes around Lake Titicaca.

Near East

1000-883: Phoenicia becomes the main commercial power of the Levant. Phoenician sailors set up counters in the Mediterranean, Cyprus, Sicily, Sardinia, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. They crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and founded Gadès (Cadiz) and Lixus in Morocco around 1100 according to classical sources, but more likely later according to archaeology. The Phoenician alphabet, probably derived from the protosinaitic alphabet, develops around 1050 The