950s BC - The Encyclopedia

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC
Decades:	980s BC 970s BC 960s BC - 950s BC - 940s BC 930s BC 920s BC
Years:	959 BC 958 BC 957 BC 956 BC 955 BC 954 BC 953 BC 952 BC 951 BC 950 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] 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 ruled 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 — Some early parts of Bible are written.^{[citation needed]}

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