940s BC

Events and trends

  • 949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern schools of Buddhism .
  • 947 BC—Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 946 BCZhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 945 BCEgypt: Psusennes III dies, the last king of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Shoshenq I succeeds him, the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty.
  • 940 BC—The Temple of Solomon was finished being built.
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