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| c. 990 BC |
| | | David captures Jerusalem, which he makes his capital - bringing here the ark of the covenant | |
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| c. 965 BC |
| | | Solomon becomes king of Israel and presides over a period of peace and prosperity | |
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| c. 950 BC |
| | | The Queen of Sheba, who visits Solomon in Jerusalem, is legendary - but her kingdom of Saba is a historical reality | |
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| c. 950 BC |
| | | Libyans in the Egyptian army take control of the nation and rule as pharaohs | |
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| c. 910 BC |
| | | Solomon's son Rehoboam is unable to prevent the ten northern tribes going their own way, under the leadership of Jeroboam | |
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| c. 900 BC |
| | | La Venta replaces San Lorenzo as the capital city and cultural centre of the Olmecs | |
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| c. 870 BC |
| | | Ashurnasirpal II creates a spectacular new capital at Nimrud (and claims to have had 69,574 guests at his palace-warming party) | |
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| c. -850 BC |
| | | Citium, in Cyprus, is the first of many Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean | |
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| c. -814 BC |
| | | The traditional date of the founding of Carthage (supposedly by the mythical queen Dido, but in practice by Phoenicians) | |
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| 771 BC |
| | | The Zhou rulers, driven east from Xi'an, create a new capital at Loyang and establish the Eastern Zhou dynasty | |
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