959 BC - Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of EgyptThe history of Egypt is the longest continuous history, as a unified state, of any country in the world. The Nile valley forms a natural geographic and economic unit, being bounded to the east and west by deserts, to the north by the sea and to the south.
952 BC - Thersippus , King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas .
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