The 1040s BC is a

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which lasted from 1049 BC to 1040 BC.

Events and trends

1048 BC The 1040s BC is a decade which lasted from 1049 BC to 1040 BC. Events and trends * 1048 BC—Medon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Acastus. * 1046 BC—Following the Battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou ove ...

— Medon,

King of Athens Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the Archons, the city-state of Athens was ruled by kings. Most of these are probably mythical or only semi-historical. The following lists contain the chronological order of the title King of Athens ( ...

, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son

Acastus Acastus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄκαστος) is a character in Greek mythology. He sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. Family Acastus was the son of Pelias, then king of Iolcus, and Anaxi ...

. *

1046 BC The 1040s BC is a decade which lasted from 1049 BC to 1040 BC. Events and trends * 1048 BC—Medon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Acastus. * 1046 BC—Following the Battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou ov ...

—Following the

Battle of Muye The Battle of Muye () or Battle of the Mu was a battle fought in ancient China between the rebel Zhou state and the reigning Shang dynasty. The Zhou army, led by Wu of Zhou, defeated the defending army of King Di Xin of Shang at Muye and capt ...

, King Wu of Zhou overthrows the

Shang Dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and ...

under the

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Di Xin King Zhou (; ) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang () or King Shou of Shang (), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. He is also called Zhou Xin (). In Chinese, his name Zhòu ( 紂) also refers to a horse cr ...

, and establishes the

Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...

(

–

256 BC __NOTOC__ Year 256 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longus and Caedicius/Regulus (or, less frequently, year 498 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 256 BC for this year ...

). *

1044 BC The 1040s BC is a List of decades, decade which lasted from 1049 BC to 1040 BC. Events and trends * 1048 BC—Medon (mythology), Medon, Kings of Athens, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Acastus. * 1046 BC ...

—On the death of

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, he is succeeded by two co-regents,

Psusennes I Psusennes I ( egy, pꜣ-sbꜣ-ḫꜥ-n-njwt; Greek Ψουσέννης) was the third pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty who ruled from Tanis between 1047 and 1001 BC. ''Psusennes'' is the Greek version of his original name Pasibkhanu or Pasebakhaenniu ...

and Neferkare Amenemnisu. * c. 1042 BC—Beginning of the

Rebellion of the Three Guards The Rebellion of the Three Guards (), or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion (), was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou governme ...

Guanshu Xian Guan Shu Xian () was the first and only ruler of the Chinese state of Guan and a younger of brother of King Wu of Zhou. He was the third son of King Wen of Zhou, and one of the Three Guards responsible for overseeing the eastern lands of the ne ...

and

Caishu Du Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai (Chinese language, Chinese: , given name Du (), was the first ruler of the State of Cai. Du was the fifth son of King King Wen of Zhou, Wen of Zhou (state), Zhou and his wife Taisi (). He had ten brothers and eight hal ...

instigate Shang loyalists under

Wu Geng Wu Geng or Wugeng ( Chinese: ''Wǔgēng''), a.k.a. ''Lùfù'', was an ancient Chinese noble who was the son of Zhou, the last king of the Shang. After his father executed Bigan by cutting out his heart, Wugeng fled to Feng, the capital of the ...

to revolt. * 1041 BC—Some sources propose this as the date of King David's birth

Significant people

Shu Du of Cai Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai ( Chinese: , given name Du (), was the first ruler of the State of Cai. Du was the fifth son of King Wen of Zhou and his wife Taisi (). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder brothers were Kao (Boyi K ...

Ashur-rabi II Aššur-rabi II, inscribed m''aš-šur-''GAL''-bi'', "(the god) Aššur is great," was king of Assyria 1012–972 BC. Despite his lengthy reign (41 years), one of the longest of the Assyrian monarchs, his tenure seems to have been an unhappy one ju ...

, king of

Assyria Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...

, is born (approximate date).

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