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The 940s BC is a decade which lasted from 949 BC to 940 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
11th century BC 10th century BC 9th century BC
Decades
960s BC 950s BC 940s BC 930s BC 920s BC
Years
949 BC 948 BC 947 BC 946 BC 945 BC 944 BC 943 BC 942 BC 941 BC 940 BC
Categories
Births Deaths
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Events and trends

949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern schools of Buddhism.^[1]
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.
940 BC—The Temple of Solomon was finished being built.

Significant people