10th century BC This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "10th_century_BC".
The 10th century BC started the first day of 1000 BC and ended the last day of 901 BC.
This period followed the Bronze Age collapse in the Near East, and the century saw the Early Iron Age take hold in the Near East. The Greek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued. The Neo-Assyrian Empire is established towards the end of the century. In Iron Age India, the Vedic period is ongoing. In China, the Zhou Dynasty is in power. The European Bronze Age is ongoing (Urnfield culture).