People by era
People Who Lived Before 1000 BCE
20 people from before 1000 bce on Credible Theories, oldest first, each with a sourced profile.
Legendary and scriptural figuresBefore 1000 BCE1000 to 500 BCE500 BCE to 1 CE1 to 500 CE500 to 1000 CE1000 to 15001500 to 1800The 1800s1900 to 19501950 to today
Klaus SchmidtGerman archaeologist who excavated Göbekli Tepe1953–2014Sextus Julius AfricanusFirst Christian author of a universal chronologyc. 180–c. 250MenesLegendary first king of united Egyptc. 2900 BCEKate SpenceEgyptologist, University of Cambridgefl. 2000TetiFirst king of Egypt's Sixth Dynastyc. 2345–2333 BCESargon of AkkadFounder of the Akkadian Empirec. 2334–2279 BCEEnheduannaHigh priestess of Nanna at Ur; earliest named authorfl. c. 2300 BCEWu QinglongGeographer who linked a 1920 BCE Yellow River flood to Yufl. 2016HammurabiKing of Babylon and author of the famous law coder. 1792–1750 BCEAmmi-saduqaKing of Babylon, great-grandson of Hammurabic. 1646–1626 BCEAhmose IFounder of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, expeller of the Hyksosc. 1539–1514 BCEThutmose III18th Dynasty warrior pharaohr. 1479–1425 BCEAkhenaten18th Dynasty pharaoh who promoted worship of the Atenc. 1353–1336 BCETutankhamun18th Dynasty boy king with an intact tombc. 1333–1323 BCESeti I19th Dynasty pharaoh, father of Ramesses IIc. 1290–1279 BCEIpuwerSage named in the Admonitions of Ipuwer papyrusMiddle KingdomKhaemwasetSon of Ramesses II, high priest of Ptah, restorer of monumentsc. 1281–1225 BCERamesses II19th Dynasty pharaoh, 'Ramesses the Great'r. 1279–1213 BCETukulti-Ninurta IMiddle Assyrian king who conquered Babylonc. 1243–1207 BCERamesses III20th Dynasty pharaoh who fought the Sea Peoplesc. 1187–1157 BCE
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