10th century BC

Events

• 1000 BC: India—Iron Age of India. Indian kingdoms rule India—Panchala, Kuru, Kosala, Pandya and Videha.
• c. 1000 BC: The Sa Huỳnh culture started in central and southern Vietnam.
• 993 BC: Amenemope succeeds Psusennes I as king of Egypt.
• 993 BC: Archippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.
• 984 BC: Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.
• 982 BC: The end of first period (1197 BC—982 BC) by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.
• 978 BC: Siamun succeeds Osorkon the Elder as king of Egypt.
• 967 BC: Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.
• 965 BC: David, king of the United Monarchy, dies.
• 962 BC: Solomon becomes king of Israel, following the death of his father, King David. (traditional date)
• 959 BC: Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.
• 957 BC: Solomon completes the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
• c. 953 BC: Alternative date to the founding of Rome.
• 952 BC: Thersippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas.
• 947 BC: Death of King Mo of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
• 946 BC: King Gong of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
• 945/943 BC: Egypt: Psusennes II dies, the last pharaoh of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Shoshenq I succeeds him, and founds the Twenty-second Dynasty.
• 935 BC: Death of King Gong of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
• 935 BC: Death of Tiglath-Pileser II king of Assyria.
• 931 BC: Solomon, king of the ancient Israelites, dies.
• c. 925 BC: Partition of ancient Israel into the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
• c. 922 BC: Osorkon I succeeds his father Shoshenq I as king of Egypt.
• 922 BC: Phorbas, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Megacles.
• 912 BC: Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.
• 911 BC: Abijah, king of Judah, dies.
• 909 BC: Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel, dies and is succeeded by his son Nadab.
• c. 900 BC: the Villanovan culture emerges in northern Italy.
• c. 900 BC: Foundation of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
• c. 900 BC: the Adichanallur relics, from Tamil Nadu Culture, India came from this era
• 900 BC: Kingdom of Kush.

Late 10th century BC:

• Centaur, from Lefkandi, Euboea is made. It is now at the Archaeological Museum of Eretria in Greece.
• Foundation of Sparta.
• The kingdom of Ethiopia is founded by Menelik I, who according to legend was the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
• First extant evidence of written Aramaic language.
• The earliest known settlement in Plymouth, England dates back to this era.
• Creation of ceremonial golden hats in Central Europe.

Sovereign states

See: List of sovereign states in the 10th century BC.