980s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	11th century BC – 10th century BC – 9th century BC
Decades:	1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC – 980s BC – 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC
Years:	989 BC 988 BC 987 BC 986 BC 985 BC 984 BC 983 BC 982 BC 981 BC 980 BC
980s BC-related categories:	Deaths

• First known pants found from this period in Western China. Horse riding implements found seem to show the woven pants were brought to the area by horse riding people from Central Asia. See paper by M. Wagner, German Archeological Institute.

Events and trends

• 984 BC—Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.
• 982 BC—The end of first period (1197 BC–982 BC) by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.

Significant people