Years 920 BC.

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The years 920 BC cover the years 929 BC to 920 BC.

Events

Around 926 BC: Year 5 of the reign of Roboam, Pharaoh Chechonq intervenes in Palestine. He walks on Gaza, Gezer, Rubute, Ayyalon, Qiryatayim, Beth-horon, Gabaon... According to the Bible, King Rehoboam of Judah subdues himself and pays a heavy price from the treasures of the temple and royal palace. The Egyptians then turned north, destroyed Shechem, crossed the Jordan at the ford of Damayeh and reached Penuel where Jeroboam had taken refuge. They go up the Jordan to Beit Shean and return through the valley of Jezreel, Megiddo where they erect a stele and the plain of Sharon, while a detachment destroys the strongholds of the Negev. According to the Bible, Roboam then took advantage of Israel's weakening to attack him, a war that continued after his death. Jeroboam, based in Tirzah, resists Roboam's attempts to win.
Around 925 BC: resumption of Phoenician activity in the Mediterranean (Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete).

924-889 BC: reign in Egypt of the Libyan Pharaoh Osorkon.
922-900 BC: reign of Zhou Gongwang, sixth king of the Zhou Dynasty, China
Around 920 BC:
reign of Yehimilk, king of Byblos.
taken of Sam'al/Sendjirli in Syria by the Aramaeans.
the capital of the country of Couch is transferred to Napata, upstream of the cataract, which becomes a flourishing city, thanks to the profits of the sale of gold to the clergy of Thebes. Beginning of the first Napata dynasty in Nubia.

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