I millennium BC c.

The first millennium BC. C. began on January 1, 1000 B.C. C. and ended on December 31, 1 BC. c.

This period coincides with the end of the Iron Age in the Old World.

Relevant events

• 1085 to 715 BC: (approximate dates) between this time was the third intermediate period in Egypt, dynasties XXI to XXIV.
• Israel: Ascension and Decay of the Kingdom of Israel. Queens of David and Solomon.
• 1000 to 800 BC: (approximate dates) in Peru, the Chavín de Huántar culture reaches its peak.
• 971-929 BC: the Hebrew king Solomon builds his famous temple.
• 897 BC: Qin State Foundation in China.
• 814 BC: Cartago is founded in the area of Tunisia.
• ~800: Assyrians: they extend to southern India.
• 776 a. C.: First Olympic Games of Antiquity.
• 771 BC: Fall of the Zhou feudal order in China. Start the Spring and Otoños Period.
• 753 BC: in Italy, foundation of Rome.
• 722-705 BC: Assyrian king Sargon II defeats the medes.
• 721 BC: The Assyrians conquer Samaria (Israel).
• 701 BC: Deyoces unifies the medes in Iran.
• ~700 B.C.: In Egypt, hyertic writing is used for sacred texts and demotics for the commons.
• Midwest of the seventh century BC: Samos Coleo crosses the strait of Gibraltar and reaches the kingdom of Tartessos.
• ~700 a.C.: Whom it becomes the first Sah of Iran.
• 664 BC - 332 BC (approximate dates): Late empire in Egypt, dynasties XXV to XXXI.
• 640 B.C.: In Assyria, King Asurbanipal orders to organize the great library of Nineveh, with more than 22 000 clay tablets.
• 654 BC: the Carthaginians founded Ebyssos (Ibiza).
• 625-604 B.C.: Nabopolasar founded the new Babylonian Empire.
• 614 BC: Babylon destroys the Assyrian cities of Assur, Nineveh (612 BC) and Jarran (608 BC). Then Babylon became independent.
• 586 a. C.: Nebuchadnezzar II destroys Jerusalem (Judah).
• 550 BC: Cyrus the Great establishes the First Persian Empire (Iran).
• 550 BC: Buddhism arises in India.
• In Greece, Dracon decrees new laws, whose severity has given rise to the term draconian.
• 549 B.C.: In Persia (Iran) the Medo Empire falls
• 539 a. C.: Cyrus, king of Persians, invades Babylon, defeats Nabonido and allows the Jews to return to Jerusalem (Israel).
• 538-486 a. C.: Darius I divides his Empire into 23 constituencies, at the front of each one puts a saddle.
• 538-528 BC: in Athens (Greece), Pysstrate establishes tyranny.
• 535 BC: a coalition of Etruscans and Carthaginians beat the Greeks in Alalia (Córcega).
• 525 BC: In India, the religious Majavira creates Jainism.
• 508 BC: Democracy is established in Athens.
• In the Mediterranean Sea, the Phoenicians and the Greeks expand.
• 475 BC: In China begins the Period of Combating Kingdoms.
• ~400 a.C.: Celts end with Etruscan domination. They occupy, plunder and destroy Rome.
• In Greece the Golden Age of Pericles occurs, and the Peloponnese Wars. Classic period within Greek art.
• In Cartago, boom of the Carthaginian Empire.
• 336-323 BC: Government of Alexander the Great. Conquests of Egypt (332 BC) and Persia (330 BC).
• 323 BC: On June 10th or 13th Alexander the Great died and the Hellenistic Period began.
• Greek hegemony in the West.
• 305 B.C.: In Egypt the Ptolemaic Dynasty is established after the disappearance of the empire of Alexander the Great.
• 323-185 BC: In India governs the Mauria Empire.
• 275 a. C.: Rome conquers the italic peninsula, ligures, Etruscans, italiotas, Greeks, Phoenicians, Venetians and Gauls.
• 264-241 BC: Rome begins the Punic Wars.
• 250 B.C.: In Pergam Turks invent the scroll as a substitute for the papyrus (whose imports had banned the Egyptian Tolomeos).
• 221 BC: Unification of China under Qin Dynasty. Start building the Great Wall. Beginning of the Imperial Period, which will last until 1912 AD.
• 202 BC: in China Han Dynasty is established.
• 146 B.C.: Rome ends the last Punic War, destruction of Carthage. The expansion in North Africa and South Hispania begins.
• 63 B.C.: Rome ends the conquest of Asia Minor.
• 58-51 B.C.: Julius Caesar conquers the Galias.
• 44 B.C.: On March 15, Julius Caesar was killed, promoting a new Civil War in Rome. Cayo Octavio is recognized as heir to Caesar.
• 31 BC: Battle of Accio between Marco Antonio and Octavian Caesar, with victory of the latter.
• 30 B.C.: suicide of Cleopatra VII and end of the millennial Kingdom of Egypt.
• 27 BC: On January 16, Octavian Caesar is appointed Augustus and becomes the first Emperor of Rome.
• 26-19 B.C.: Rome ends the conquest of Hispania.
• 7 BC: Birth of Jesus Christ according to modern calculations.
• To describe the Iberian Peninsula, which did not visit it, copy the works of Posidonio.
• In India, the Mauria Empire, the culture of painted grey ceramics and the culture of black polished ceramics in the north.

Relevant people

• Hiram (968-935 BC), King of Fenicia.
• Solomon (973-933 B.C.), the last king of Israel.
• Sheshonq I (945-924 BC), of Libyan origin, was made with power in Bubastis.
• Midas (750 BC), King of Frigia (in the Balkans).
• Giges de Lidia (680-652 B.C.), King of Lidia.
• Argantonio (h. 670-550 B.C.) last tyretic king,
• Asurbanipal (668-626 BC): great creator of the Assyrian Empire.
• Psamtics I (663-609 BC): He expelled the Assyrians from Egypt and refused the unity of the country.
• Solon (640-559 BC): came to a constitutional reform in Athens (Greece). He was the true founder of the Athenian state (polis).
• Necao I (609-595 BC) of Egypt orders the construction of a canal between the Nile and the Red Sea.
• Nebuchadnezzar II (604-561 BC): Jerusalem conquered, subjected the rebels of Syria and Judah.
• Cyrus the Great (600-529 BC), king of Persians.
• Apries (589-570 BC), king of Egypt.
• Amosis II (570-526 BC), pharaoh of Egypt.
• Lao Tse (570-490 BC), Chinese philosopher.
• Crese (563-546 BC), King of Lidia.
• Nabónido (555-538 B.C.): last king of Babylon.
• Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher.
• Buddha (550 BC), Hindu religious.
• Sophocles (495-406 BC), Greek writer.
• Pericles (494-429 BC), king of Athens.
• Jerks I (485-465 BC), king of Persia, was killed in his palace.
• Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher.
• Artaxerxes I (465-425 BC) restores theocracy in Persia.
• Mozi (479-372 BC), Chinese philosopher.
• Plato (c. 427 a. C./428 a. C. – 347 a. C.), Greek philosopher.
• Marco Furio Camilo (424-364 BC), a military man who defeated the Celts.
• Epaminondas (418-362 BC), a Albanian military who defeated the Spartans in the battle of Leuctra (371 BC)
• Timoleon (410-337 BC), the constitution he created caused frictions with the village of Siracusa (Sicilia).
• Amirteo (404-399 BC), king of Egypt.
• Amintas III (393-370 BC), king of Macedonia.
• Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher who led King Alexander the Great.
• Antigone (382-301 BC), king of Persia.
• Philip II (382-336 BC), king of Macedonia.
• Nectanebo I (371-361 BC), king of Egypt.
• Theos (361-359 BC), the first Egyptian pharaoh to coin.
• Agatocles (361-289 B.C.), King of Sicily.
• Nectanebo II (360-343 BC), was the last Egyptian indigenous Pharaoh, had to take refuge in Persia.
• Alexander the Great (356-325 BC), Macedonian conqueror.
• Seleuco I Nikátor (355-280 BC), king of Persia.
• Time of Taumenium (352-256 BC), Greek historian.
• Darius III (336-330 BC) last great Persian king. He was killed by a cap.
• Chandragupta (340-298 BC), king of India who led the insurrection against Alexander the Great.
• Pirro (319-272 BC), king of Epiro (Greece).
• Tolomeo (305-285 BC), Egyptian general of Alexander the Great.
• Archimedes (287-212 BC), Greek inventor.
• Asoka (276-232 BC), king of India, who unified the country. He installed the capital in Pataliputra.
• Marco Claudio Marcelo (270-208 B.C.) conquers Siracusa (Sicilia).
• Qin Shi Huang, king of the Chinese state of Qin from 247 BC until 221 BC and first emperor of a unified China (221-210 BC)
• Annibal (247-183 BC), king of Carthage.
• Antiochus III (242-187 BC), Seleucid monarch (Syria).
• Caton the Censor (234-149 BC), Roman.
• Paulo Emilio (230-160 a. C. general and Roman politician who defeated King Perseus of Macedonia in the battle of Pidna (168 B.C.).
• Perseus (212-168 BC), the last king of Macedonia.
• Ptolemy V (205-181 BC), king of Egypt.
• Polyb (200-125 BC), Greek.
• Publio Cornelio Emiliano Scipion (185-129 B.C.), Roman.
• Tiberius Sempronio Graco (162-133 BC), Roman, made an agrarian reform.
• Lucio Cornelio Sila (138-78 BC), Roman dictator, representative of the Senate oligarchy.
• Mitrídates VI Eupator (132-63 BC), Asian enemy of Rome.
• Marco Licinio Craso (115-53 BC), Roman component of the First Triumvirate.
• Lucio Sergio Catilina (109-62 B.C.), a Roman speaker who provoked a coup d'etat.
• Marco Tulio Cicerón (106-43 BC).
• Cneo Pompeyo Magno (106-48 BC), a component of the First Triumvirate, which converts Syria into a Roman province.
• Cayo Julio César (100-44 BC), component of the First Triumvirate.
• Marco Antonio (83-30 B.C.), component of the Second Triumvirate.
• Cleopatra VII (69-30 B.C.), the last Pharaoh of Egypt.
• César Augusto (63 B.C. – 14 AD), founder of the Roman Empire.
• Strabon (63 BC – 19 AD), Greek writer.