Failure of Akhenaton’s Cultural Revival
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Pharaohs
- Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Egypt
- Date: c. 1338
Article abstract: Akhenaton attempted to establish a new religion based on the worship of Aton, building a new city where the god could be honored, but the new faith never caught on among the Egyptian people.
Summary of Event
In about 1350 b.c.e., Akhenaton, whose father was Amenhotep III, became pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-c. 1069) of Egypt. Akhenaton began his reign as Amenhotep IV with his capital at Thebes. There is an apparently insoluble dispute about his age at the time he succeeded to the throne, a question of...
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