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Akhenaten

23angelini — 2024-05-23 22:14:31 UTC

his father was a Amhenotep III and his mother was queen Tiye.

Religious Policy

23angelini — 2024-05-23 22:14:47 UTC

When he first started he aligned himself with the sun god and rose the cult above the worship of other gods. He made people believe that Amon was the highest God and believed that he was the human version of him. This image is a hieroglyph of people worshipping the sun god.

Building

23angelini — 2024-05-23 22:15:14 UTC

At Karnak, Akhenaten constructed a series of Jubilee buildings with talatat, small stone blocks that became a signature of his reign. He also built a capital city called Armana. The image is of the city he built.

Internal Administration

23angelini — 2024-05-23 22:15:45 UTC

“In just under two decades on the throne, Akhenaten imposed new aspects of Egyptian religion, overhauled its royal artistic style, moved Egypt's capital to a previously unoccupied site, implemented a new form of architecture and attempted to obliterate the names and images of some of Egypt's traditional gods.” American research centre.

External Administration

23angelini — 2024-05-23 22:16:09 UTC

Akhenaten stopped all diplomatic relations with foreign nations and moved Egypt's capital to a city in the desert called Akhetaten.