The 10th century BC
40 sourced entries across 28 documented years, grouped into 0 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly; on the BC side the same rule puts 1–99 BC in the 1st century BC and 100 BC in the 2nd.
Decades
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 10th century BC — 10 entries
A few of the years
- 998 BCE998 BC—King David establishes Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
- 984 BCE984 BC — Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.
- 967 BCE967 BC—Solomon becomes king of the Israelites. (962 BC—traditional date)
- 959 BCE959 BC: Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.
- 950 BCE950 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.
- 940 BCE940 BC—The Temple of Solomon was finished being built.
- 928 BCE928 BC — On the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam is unable to hold the tribes of Israel together, and the northern part secedes to become the kingdom of Israel, making Jeroboam its king. Rehoboam is left to rule the kingdom of Judah.
- 920 BCE920 BC — A transit of Venus occurs.