11th century BC
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What happened around the world
Middle East
- c. 1050 BC Phoenician alphabet — 22 letters that gave rise to Greek, Latin and Cyrillic
- c. 1000 BC David makes Jerusalem his capital — Biblical tradition: birth of a city sacred to three faiths
Africa
- c. 1000 BC Nok culture — West Africa masters iron and sculpts in terracotta
Asia
- 1046 BC Battle of Muye — Shang falls and the Mandate of Heaven is born
Who ruled
- China: dynasties
- Shang 1600 BC – 1046 BC, Zhou 1046 BC – 256 BC