950s BC

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

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.