Bantu migrations
1,000 BCE–500* · Event
Over two millennia Bantu-speaking farmers spread from West Africa across the southern half of the continent, carrying iron and agriculture.
On these timelines: Master, Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 1000 BCE
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- Phoenician alphabet emerges (1050 BCE)
- Zoroaster composes the Gathas (1100 BCE)
- Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 BCE)
- King David (1040 BCE)
- Construction of Solomon's Temple (957 BCE)
- David captures Jerusalem (1000 BCE)
- King Solomon (990 BCE)
- Kingdoms of Israel and Judah divide (930 BCE)
- King Wu defeats the Shang at Muye (1046 BCE)