This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be and removed. (July 2009) Millennium: 2nd millennium BC Centuries: 12th century BC – 11th century BC – 10th century BC Decades: 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC – 1020s BC – 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC Years: 1029 BC 1028 BC 1027 BC 1026 BC 1025 BC 1024 BC 1023 BC 1022 BC 1021 BC 1020 BC Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 1027 BC—Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.
• c. 1025 BC—Collapse of Mycenaean dominance ends.
• ca. 1020 BC—destruction of Troy.
• 1020 BC—Saul the King becomes the first king of the Israelites.