900s BC

Events and trends

909 BC — Zhou xiao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
909 BC — Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel, dies and is succeeded by his son Nadab.
c. 900 BC — the Villanovan culture emerges in northern Italy (Villanovan II).
900 BC — Kingdom of Kush.
c. 900 BC — Geometric period of vases starts in Ancient Greece.
c. 900 BC - San Lorenzo, the center of early Olmec culture, is destroyed, probably by migrating peoples from the north, and power passes to La Venta in Tabasco.