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Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	12th century BC – 11th century BC – 10th century BC
Decades:	1080s BC 1070s BC 1060s BC – 1050s BC – 1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC
Years:	1059 BC 1058 BC 1057 BC 1056 BC 1055 BC 1054 BC 1053 BC 1052 BC 1051 BC 1050 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

[edit] Events and trends

• 1053 BC—Death of Zhou kang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China.
• 1052 BC—Zhou zhao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China.
• 1051 BC—Saul becomes the first King of Ancient Israel.
• 1050 BC—Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant from Israel in battle. (Approximate date)
• c. 1050 BC—Shang Dynasty ends in Ancient China. Zhou Dynasty starts in Ancient China.
• c. 1050 BC—Proto-Geometric period starts in Ancient Greece.

[edit] Significant people

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