900s BC (decade)

Millennium:	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
900s BC-related categories:	Deaths

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).
• c. 900 BC - Foundation of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
• 900 BC — Kingdom of Kush.
• c. 900 BC — Greek Dark Ages end.
• c. 900 BC — Geometric period of vases starts in Ancient Greece.
• c. 900 BC — The inhabitants of the Aegean region establish small, distinct groups in valleys, on coastal plains and on islands, living in self-sufficient, close-knit communities but all speaking some form of the same language.
• 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.
• c. 900 BC - La Venta starts to thrive.
• c. 900 BC - Colossal head (no. 4) from La Venta, Mexico, is made. Olmec culture. It is now kept at La Venta Park, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
• c. 900 BC - 600 BC - Great Pyramid and ball court, La Venta, Mexico, is built. Olmec culture.

Significant people

• Zhou xiao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
• Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel