Centuries: 11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC

Decades: 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC - 940s BC - 930s BC 920s BC 910s BC 900s BC 890s BC

Events and trends

• 947 BC - Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 946 BC - Zhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China,
• 945 BC - Egypt: Psusennes III dies, the last king of the Twenty-first Dynasty . Shoshenq I succeeds him, the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty

Significant people