950s BC
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| 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: | 953 BC 952 BC 951 BC - 950 BC - 949 BC 948 BC 947 BC |
[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 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.
