Culture & IdeasThe 10th century BCE

Culture & Ideas in the 10th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 10th century BCE — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, all of it in 1000 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
1000 BCE
Latest
1000 BCE
Oceania
2
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 1000 BCEAfrica

    Kenya

    Olorgesailie tool traditions and the Stone Age

    Sites such as Olorgesailie in the Rift Valley preserve vast accumulations of hand-axes and other tools, documenting hundreds of thousands of years of Stone Age life in Kenya.

    Era: Cradle of Humankind: the Turkana Basin

    Sources: History of Kenya · Wikipedia, Koobi Fora · National Museums of Kenya

  2. early 1st millennium BCEAsia

    Lebanon

    The Phoenician alphabet at Byblos

    A twenty-two letter alphabetic script comes into use at Byblos; adopted by the Greeks, it becomes the ancestor of the Greek and Latin alphabets and the writing of much of the world.

    Era: Phoenicia: Byblos, Sidon and Tyre

    Sources: Byblos, Ancient Phoenician City · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Phoenicia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Phoenicia · EBSCO Research Starters

  3. before European contactOceania

    Papua New Guinea

    More than 800 languages emerge

    Rugged terrain and long isolation gave rise to over 800 distinct languages and more than a thousand ethnic groups, making New Guinea the most linguistically diverse region in the world.

    Era: Deep past: settlement and the world's first farmers

    Sources: Papua New Guinea — Languages · Encyclopædia Britannica, Papua New Guinea · Encyclopædia Britannica

  4. c. 1000 BCEOceania

    Vanuatu

    The Teouma cemetery on Efate

    The burial ground at Teouma on Efate, dated to about 3,000 years ago, is the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific and preserves the remains of the first settlers.

    Era: Lapita Seafarers and Chief Roi Mata

    Sources: The Teouma Lapita site and the early human settlement of the Pacific Islands · Australian National University (Open Research Repository), Lapita cemetery in Vanuatu helps solve an ancient mystery · Australian Academy of the Humanities