10th century BC
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| Centuries: | 11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC |
| Decades: | 990s BC 980s 970s 960s 950s 940s 930s 920s 910s 900s BC |
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)
Overview
Events
- 993 BC - Amenemope succeeds Psusennes I as king of Egypt.
- 993 BC - Archippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.
- 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.
- 978 BC - Siamun succeeds Osorkon the Elder as king of Egypt.
- 967 BC - Solomon becomes king of the Israelites.
- 967 BC - Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.
- 965 BC - David, king of the ancient Israelites, died.
- 962 BC - Solomon becomes king of Israel, following the death of his father, King David. (traditional date)
- 959 BC - Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.
- 952 BC - Thersippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas.
- 947 BC - Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 946 BC - Zhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 945 BC - Egypt: Psusennes III dies, the last king of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Shoshenq I succeeds him, the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty.
- 935 BC - Death of Zhou gong wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 935 BC - Death of Tiglath-Pileser II king of Assyria.
- 934 BC - Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 925 BC - Solomon, king of the ancient Israelites, died.
- c. 925 BC - Partition of ancient Israel into the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
- 924 BC - Osorkon I succeeds his father Shoshenq I as king of Egypt.
- 922 BC - Phorbas, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Megacles.
- 912 BC - Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.
- 911 BC - Abijah, king of Judah, dies.
- 910 BC - Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 909 BC - Zhou xiao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 909 BC - Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel, dies and is succeeded by his son Nadab.
- c. 900 BC - the Villanovan culture emerges in northern Italy.
- 900 BC - Kingdom of Kush.
- Foundation of Sparta.
- The kingdom of Ethiopia is founded by Menelik I, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. (according to legend)
- First extant evidence of written Aramaic language.
- The earliest known settlement in Plymouth, England dates back to this era.
- Creation of ceremonial golden hats in Central Europe.
Significant persons
- Saul, king of the ancient Israelites.
- David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BC–965 BC).
- Solomon, king of the ancient Israelites (965 BC–925 BC).
- Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimates range from 1000 BC to 600 BC).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
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