1000s BC

Communication

A map on a clay tablet shows the world with Babylon as its center. See also 2300 bce Communication; 600 bce Archaeology.

The Phoenicians develop their alphabet of 22 signs for consonants. Although not the first alphabet, it is the one adapted by both Greeks and Israelites to their own needs, giving birth eventually to the Roman alphabet that is used in most Western nations today. The oldest known inscription in the Phoenician alphabet is made at Byblos (in Lebanon). See also 1500 bce Communication.

According to a clay tablet from Moab (Jordan), the ruler Mesho builds two aqueducts to supply the city of Karcho in Moab. This is the earliest known reference to the use of aqueducts to supply water. See also 690 bce Construction.

Several food preservation techniques exist in China: salting, use of spices, drying and smoking, and fermentation in wine (vinegar). See also 1500 bce Food & agriculture.

Reindeer are domesticated in the Pazyryk Valley of Siberia (Russia). See also 2500 bce Food & agriculture.

Oats are cultivated in central Europe.

Dyes made from the purple murex, a Mediterranean shellfish, are introduced by the Phoenicians. Production of the dye is very costly, and cloth dyed purple becomes associated with royalty. See also 80,000 bce Communication; 1548 ce Materials.

Iron objects begin to appear in graves in Greece and Crete. See also 1100 bce Materials.

Shortly before this time Mesopotamian craftspeople begin using lead glazes on bricks and tiles. See also 3000 bce Materials.

Lead is recognized as a metal, although people at this time have no particular use for it. See also 2500 bce Materials.

Chinese counting boards originate. See also 3000 bce Mathematics.

Etruscan goldworkers are the earliest known to make dental bridgework, mostly for cosmetic purposes. See also 3000 bce Medicine & health.

The Phoenicians begin their exploration and colonization of the shores of the Mediterranean by building a port at Tyre (Lebanon). The region between two small offshore islands is filled with rubble, connecting them into a single island. Sea walls are built to form two harbors. See also 814 bce Archaeology.

Proto-Polynesian stone tools found in Fiji are made of obsidian from the island of New Britain 4500 km (2800 mi) to the west, indicating the existence of long-distance trade routes. See also 2550 bce Transportation.

1100s BC · 1000s BC · 900s BC
Decades of the 1000s BC:
1090s BC · 1080s BC · 1070s BC · 1060s BC · 1050s BC · 1040s BC · 1030s BC · 1020s BC · 1010s BC · 1009–1000 BC

1000s BC may refer to:

• The period from 1099 BC to 1000 BC, almost synonymous with the 11th century BC
• 1009–1000 BC, rarely

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