Editing 1000s BC (decade) (section)

==Events and trends==
* 1006 BC—[[David]] becomes king of the ancient [[Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy)|United Kingdom of Israel]] (traditional date). ( see <ref>https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2020/01/17/king-david-an-archaeological-biography/ |title = King David, An Archaeological Biography</ref>)
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/the-united-states-and-britain-in-bible-prophecy/israels-golden-age|title = Israel's Golden Age|date = 16 February 2011}}</ref> 
* c. 1000 BC—[[Nok culture]] in [[Nigeria]].
* c. 1000 BC—[[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]] come to [[Italy]] from the [[Danube]] region.
* c. 1000 BC—Archaeological evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in [[2005]] dates the [[Proto-Dravidian language]], a classical language spoken in [[India]].
* c. 1000 BC—[[ancient Assyrians|Assyrians]] started to conquer neighbouring regions.
* 1000 BC—[[World population]]: 50,000,000<ref>an average of figures from different sources as listed at the US Census Bureau's [https://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html Historical Estimates of World Population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013110506/http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html |date=2013-10-13 }}</ref>
* 1000 BC—[[Priene]], Western [[Anatolia]] is founded.
* c. 1000 BC—[[Hungarian language|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 [http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/vietnam_timeline.htm Vietnam].
* 1000 BC—[[Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru|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]]<ref>The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}, 1996, p. 39: "... the other hand, the beginnings of the Iron Age around 1000 BC is held to coincide with the formation of the historical Illyrian peoples. ..."</ref>
* c. 1000 BC—Rough carbon-14 dating of the [[Cherchen Man]].