List of decades, centuries, and millennia explained

The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000BC to AD3000.

Century	Decades
15th millennium BC · 15,000–14,001 BC
14th millennium BC · 14,000–13,001 BC
13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 BC
12th millennium BC · 12,000–11,001 BC
11th millennium BC · 11,000–10,001 BC
10th millennium BC · 10,000–9001 BC
9th millennium BC · 9000–8001 BC
8th millennium BC · 8000–7001 BC
7th millennium BC · 7000–6001 BC
6th millennium BC · 6000–5001 BC
5th millennium BC · 5000–4001 BC
4th millennium BC · 4000–3001 BC
40th century BC
39th century BC
38th century BC
37th century BC
36th century BC
35th century BC
34th century BC
33rd century BC
32nd century BC
31st century BC
3rd millennium BC · 3000–2001 BC
30th century BC
29th century BC
28th century BC
27th century BC
26th century BC
25th century BC
24th century BC
23rd century BC
22nd century BC
21st century BC
2nd millennium BC · 2000–1001 BC
20th century BC
19th century BC
18th century BC										1700s BC
17th century BC										1600s BC
16th century BC										1500s BC
15th century BC										1400s BC
14th century BC										1300s BC
13th century BC										1200s BC
12th century BC										1100s BC
11th century BC										1000s BC
1st millennium BC · 1000–1 BC
10th century BC										900s BC
9th century BC										800s BC
8th century BC										700s BC
7th century BC										600s BC
6th century BC										500s BC
5th century BC										400s BC
4th century BC										300s BC
3rd century BC										200s BC
2nd century BC										100s BC
1st century BC										0s BC^[1]
1st millennium · AD 1–1000
1st century	0s^[2]									90s
2nd century										190s
3rd century										290s
4th century										390s
5th century										490s
6th century										590s
7th century										690s
8th century										790s
9th century										890s
10th century										990s
2nd millennium · AD 1001–2000
11th century										1090s
12th century										1190s
13th century										1290s
14th century										1390s
15th century										1490s
16th century										1590s
17th century										1690s
18th century										1790s
19th century										1890s
20th century										1990s
3rd millennium · AD 2001–3000
21st century					2040s	2050s	2060s	2070s	2080s	2090s

See also

• List of years
• Timelines of world history
• List of timelines
• Chronology
• See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years.
• See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events.
• For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline.

Notes and References

1. 0s BC is not a true decade, as it contains only nine years.
2. AD 0s is not a true decade, as it contains only nine years.