Editing 1010s BC (section)

==Events and trends==

* 1019 BC - Reign of [[Shalmaneser II]] ends, succeeded by his son [[Ashur-nirari IV]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Karen Radner |author-link=Karen Radner |year=1998 |title=Der Gott Salmānu ("Šulmānu") und seine Beziehung zur Stadt Dūr-Katlimmu |journal=Die Welt des Orients |volume=29 |pages=33–51 |jstor=25683683}}</ref>
* 1013 BC - Ashur-nirari IV is succeeded by his uncle, [[Ashur-rabi II]], who ruled for 41 years, one of the longest reigns of an Assyrian monarch.<ref name="pna">{{cite book |author=A. Fuchs |title=The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A |publisher=The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project |year=1998 |editor=K. Radner |page=209 |chapter=Aššur-rabi II}}</ref>
* [[1012 BC]]—Acastus, [[Archons of Athens|Archon of Athens]], dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his son Archippus.<ref>{{Cite book |last=F.R.S.) |first=Edward John BURROW (D D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17xlAAAAcAAJ |title=The Elgin Marbles: with an Abridged Historical and Topographical Account of Athens ... Vol. I. Illustrated with Forty Plates Drawn and Etched by the Author |date=1817 |publisher=Ogles, Duncan&Cochran |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref> 
* A [[solar eclipse]] was seen in [[Ugarit]] from 6:09 PM to 6:39 PM, May 9, 1012, BC.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donald Wiseman |title=Jonah's Nineveh |journal=[[Tyndale Bulletin]] |date=1979 |volume=30 |pages=29–52 |url=http://www.tyndalehouse.com/TynBul/Library/TynBull_1979_30_02_Wiseman_JonahsNineveh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112082129/http://www.tyndalehouse.com/TynBul/Library/TynBull_1979_30_02_Wiseman_JonahsNineveh.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-12 |author1-link=Donald Wiseman }}</ref>
* [[1010 BC]]—[[Uzzah]], a citizen of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]], dies, believed to have been smitten by God for violating divine law by touching the [[Ark of the Covenant]].