950S BC

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Events and trends

Significant people

Events and trends

★ 959 BC — Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.

★ 957 BC — The reign of Mu Wang of the Zhou Dynasty ends.

★ 952 BC — Thersippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas.

★ 950 BC — Northern Egypt starts to be rules by Libyan pharaohs. The Libyans build cities and for the first time a sturdy urban life grows up in the Nile Delta.

★ c. 950 BC–800 BC — Earliest parts of Bible are written.

Significant people

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