HIST 1215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Endocrine Disease, Psalm 104, Libido
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Changes his name to akhenaton = servant of the aton. Akhenaton declares that only he can worship the aton (the only god) and everyone else will worship him. This is the only major cultural change between the old egyptian kingdom and the. Akhenaton abandoned all gods - closed temples and evicted priests. Egyptian pharo is a kind of god king, but the priesthood ran a lot of the state. Akhenaton starts a revolution by cutting them off completely. First monotheist in recorded history and only priest in his new religion. Akhenaton meant one who is beneficial to the aton. Ordered the construction of a new capital city in amarna (in a desert) because the old cities were full of temples from old gods in thebes. City is really called akhetaton - the horizon of the sun. Biggest revolution that was attempted in human history. Example of something that isn"t set history - it is just interpretation.
