950s BC

Events and trends

• 959 BC—Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.
• 957 BC–Solomon's Temple is completed. 959 BC is also a proposed date.
• 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 the Bible are written.

  Deaths

• King Zhao of Zhou, drowned in 957 BC