Millennia:	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 - State leaders - Sovereign states 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.
• c. 950 BC–800 BC — Earliest parts of Bible are written.

Significant people