| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 1000 |
|
Greece |
Ionians dispossessed from their homeland, found 12 cities
on west coast of Asia Minor, among them Miletus and Ephesus. |
| |
|
Greece |
Greek script, based on old Semitic-Phoenician characters
with additional vowels, uses only capital letters (to 800). |
| |
|
China |
Script fully developed. |
| |
|
Israel |
Hebrew alphabet, as opposed to earlier Semitic alphabets,
developed. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Cuneiform writing in Urartu. |
| |
|
Israel |
Beginning of Hebrew literature; Song of Deborah, later
collected in Song of Songs. |
| |
|
India |
Pantheistic religion develops (Brahminism & Atmanism)
teaching identity of self, transmigration of the soul; caste system. |
| |
|
India |
Lunar year has 360 days adjusted at random to coincide
with solar year. |
| |
|
China |
Rational philosophy of Chou dynasty gains over mysticism
of earlier Shan (Yin) dynasty. |
| |
|
China |
Textbook of mathematics includes planimetry, proportions,
"rule of 3" arithmetic, root multiplications, geometry,
equations with one and more unknown quantities, theory of motion. |
| |
|
Greece |
Earliest use of iron in Greece. |
| |
|
USA |
Pinto Indians build huts in Sierra, Nevada and California,
using wood interwoven with reeds and covered with loam. |
| |
|
Israel |
David becomes king to 960. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Wigs used by aristocrats. |
| |
|
Assyria |
Wigs used by aristocrats. |
| |
|
Israel |
The caftan is worn. |
| 960 |
|
Israel |
Solomon becomes king. |
| |
|
Israel |
Solomon collaborates with Phoenician & Egyptian
architects to build Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. |
| |
|
Greece |
Temple of Hera built in Olympia. |
| |
|
Israel |
Water supply system through reinforced subterranean
tunnels built in Jerusalem. |
| 950 |
Y |
Egypt |
1st verified date of poppies grown. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Chaldeans use water-filled cube for measuring time,
weight, and length. |
| |
|
Europe |
Gold vessels and jewelry in use in north. |
| |
|
Greece |
Political unification of Attica under rule of Athenian
kings. |
| |
Y |
China |
1st record of Peking. |
| 933 |
|
Israel
(meaning of this word changes) |
King Solomon dies; kingdom divided into Israel (Northern
Kingdom) & Judah (Southern Kingdom). |
| |
|
Judah |
Rehoboam I becomes king to 917. |
| |
|
Israel |
Jeroboam I becomes king to 907. |
| 900 |
|
Cyprus |
Phoenicians settle. |
| |
|
Israel |
Earliest prophets. |
| 879 |
|
Israel |
Samaria (formerly Sichem) rebuilt as capital & becomes
religious center of Israel. |
| |
|
Corinth |
Dorians conquer. |
| |
|
Nineveh |
Royal palace & Ishtar Temple rebuilt. |
| |
|
|
Bronze doors and black obelisk at palace in Balawat are
evidence of highly developed metal & stone sculpture. |
| |
|
|
Leather scrolls with translations of Old Babylonian texts
into Aramaic and Greek represent link between early clay tablets and
Greek papyrus. |
| 841 |
Y |
China |
Beginning of verified historical chronology. |
| 813 |
|
Carthage |
Carthage founded as trading center with Tyre. |
