# 940s BC

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The **940s BC** is a [decade](/source/List_of_decades) that lasted from 949 BC to 940 BC.

## Events and trends

- [949 BC](/source/949_BC) [Mahaparinirvana](/source/Mahaparinirvana) of the historical [Buddha](/source/Buddha) [Shakyamuni Siddharta](/source/Gautama_Buddha), according to far eastern schools of [Buddhism](/source/Buddhism).[1]
- [946 BC](/source/946_BC)—[Zhou gong wang](/source/Zhou_gong_wang) becomes king of the [Zhou dynasty](/source/Zhou_dynasty) of [China](/source/China).
- [945 BC](/source/945_BC)—[Egypt](/source/History_of_ancient_Egypt): [Psusennes III](/source/Psusennes_III) dies, the last king of the [Twenty-First Dynasty](/source/Twenty-first_Dynasty_of_Egypt). [Shoshenq I](/source/Shoshenq_I) succeeds him, the founder of the [Twenty-second Dynasty](/source/Twenty-second_dynasty_of_Egypt).
- [940 BC](/source/940_BC)—The [Temple of Solomon](/source/Temple_of_Solomon) was finished being built.

## Births

- [Adad-nirari II](/source/Adad-nirari_II), king of [Assyria](/source/Assyria), is born (approximate date).
- [Nadab](/source/Nadab_of_Israel), king of [Israel](/source/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)), is born (approximate date).
- [Abijah](/source/Abijah_of_Judah), king of [Judah](/source/Kingdom_of_Judah), is born (approximate date).
- [Asa](/source/Asa_of_Judah), king of [Judah](/source/Kingdom_of_Judah), is born (approximate date).

## Deaths

- [947 BC](/source/947_BC)— [Zhou mo wang](/source/Zhou_mo_wang), King of the [Zhou dynasty](/source/Zhou_dynasty) of [China](/source/China).

## References

1. ["INDOLOGY - Contents"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100313133658/http://indology.info/papers/cousins/node1.shtml). Archived from [the original](http://indology.info/papers/cousins/node1.shtml) on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

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