The 1040s BC is a

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that lasted from 1049 BC to 1040 BC.

Events and trends

1048 BC The 1040s BC is a decade that 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 ...

— Medon,

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, 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 Anaxibi ...

. *

1046 BC The 1040s BC is a decade that 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 o ...

—Following the

Battle of Muye The Battle of Muye, Mu, or Muh () was fought between forces of the ancient Chinese Shang dynasty led by King Zhou of Shang and the rebel state of Zhou led by King Wu. The Zhou defeated the Shang at Muye and captured the Shang capital Yin, ...

King Wu of Zhou King Wu of Zhou (; died ), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The chronology of his reign is disputed but is generally thought to have begun around 1046 BCE and ended with his death three years later. Ki ...

overthrows the

Shang dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...

under the

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Di Xin King Zhou (; ) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang () or Shou, King 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 c ...

, and establishes the

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(

–

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). * 1044 BC—On the death of

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, he is succeeded by two co-regents,

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and Neferkare Amenemnisu. * —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 and Caishu Du instigate

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loyalists under

Wu Geng Wu Geng or Wugeng (Chinese language, Chinese: ''Wǔgēng''), a.k.a. ''Lùfù'', was an ancient Chinese people, Chinese Chinese nobility, noble who was the son of King Zhou of Shang, King Zhou, the last chinese king, king of the Shang dynasty, Shan ...

to revolt. * 1041 BC—Some sources propose this as the date of

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's birth

Significant people

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, king of

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, is born (approximate date).

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