1020s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	12th century BC – 11th century BC – 10th century BC
Decades:	1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC – 1020s BC – 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC
Years:	1029 BC 1028 BC 1027 BC 1026 BC 1025 BC 1024 BC 1023 BC 1022 BC 1021 BC 1020 BC
1020s BC-related categories:

Events and trends

• 1027 BC—Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.
• 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.

Significant people

• Saul, king of the ancient Israelites