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| | | | Dynasties and Royalty |
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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. 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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| 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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| c. 719 BC |
| | | The king of Cush, or Nubia, conquers down the Nile to the sea, establishing the Cushite dynasty | |
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| c. 700 BC |
| | | Judah and Benjamin, together forming the kingdom of Judah, are the only two surviving tribes of Israel | |
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| c. 700 BC |
| | | Sennacherib moves the Assyrian capital to a new site at Nineveh | |
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| 605 BC |
| | | Nebuchadnezzar comes to the throne of Babylon, beginning a prosperous reign of more than forty years | |
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