(11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC - other centuries)

(1000s BC - 990s BC - 980s BC - 970s BC - 960s BC - 950s BC - 940s BC - 930s BC - 920s BC - 910s BC - 900s BC - other decades)

(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC)

Events

• Partition of the ancient Israelite kingdom into Judah and Israel (ca. 925 BC)
• Foundation of Sparta
• The kingdom of Ethiopia is founded by Menelik I, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. (according to legend)
• First extant evidence of written Aramaic language
• The earliest known settlement in Plymouth, England dates back to this era

Significant persons

• Saul, king of the ancient Israelites
• David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BC - 965 BC)
• Solomon, king of the ancient Israelites (965 BC - 925 BC)

Inventions, discoveries, introductions