900s BC

Millennia:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC
Decades:	930s BC 920s BC 910s BC - 900s BC - 890s BC 880s BC 870s BC
Years:	909 BC 908 BC 907 BC 906 BC 905 BC 904 BC 903 BC 902 BC 901 BC 900 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

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.