Millennium
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A millennium is a period of one thousand years.
All aboard for the millennium! by Opper and Keppler, 1896
Marine sandglass MMM
1st millennium BC
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The 1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC. It encompasses the Iron Age in the Old World and sees the transition from th
Millennium
…year 1000, the second millennium from 1001 to the end of 2000, and the third millennium beginning with 2001 and ending at the end of 3000. Similarly, the first millennium BC was from the year 1000 BC to the end of the year 1 BC. Popular culture supported celebrating the arrival of the new millennium in the transition from…
Relief of King Ashurbanipal of Assyria hunting a Mesopotamian lion, from the Northern Palace in Nineveh, c. 645-635 BC
The Spartan king Agesilaus offering his services to Egyptian king Teos, Egypt, 361 BC
Scythian gold plaque with panther (late 7th century BC)
The Parthenon, Athens (5th century BC)