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The 1020s BC is a decade which lasted from 1029 BC to 1020 BC.

Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
12th century BC 11th century BC 10th century BC
Decades
1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC 1000s BC
Years
1029 BC 1028 BC 1027 BC 1026 BC 1025 BC 1024 BC 1023 BC 1022 BC 1021 BC 1020 BC
Categories
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Events and trends

1027 BC — Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.^[1]
1026 BC — Saul the King becomes the first king of the Israelites.
c. 1025 BC — Collapse of Mycenaean dominance ends.
c. 1020 BC — destruction of Troy.

Births