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Amenhotep IV attempt to make egyptians monotheistic was defeated by?
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Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, was not really 'defeated' in his attempt to make Egypt a monotheistic country, in the sense that the people violently opposed his religion and rebelled against it. Akhenaten's religion was 'defeated' in the sense that after his death his religion was not sustained. After his death, in the post Amarna period, his successors reverted the country back to it's polytheistic/pantheistic religion, as many of the people believed that during the Amarna period when only one God (the Aten) was worshiped, the other gods 'left' Egypt due to the lack of worship and the neglect of their temples. In an attempt to appease the gods and to entice them to dwell in their temples again and therefore bless the country, the religion was reverted back to what it was before Akhenaten. Furthermore, religion in the Amarna period was centred on the king and his personal relationship with the Aten. The common people could not have their own personal relationship with god. Therefore, after his death, the change in religion reflects the peoples desire to have their own personal relationship with their deities.
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Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, was not really 'defeated' in his attempt to make Egypt a monotheistic country, in the sense that the people violently opposed his religion and rebelled against it. Akhenaten's religion was 'defeated' in the sense that after his death his religion was not sustained. After his death, in the post Amarna period, his successors reverted the country back to it's polytheistic/pantheistic religion, as many of the people believed that during the Amarna period when only one God (the Aten) was worshiped, the other gods 'left' Egypt due to the lack of worship and the neglect of their temples. In an attempt to appease the gods and to entice them to dwell in their temples again and therefore bless the country, the religion was reverted back to what it was before Akhenaten. Furthermore, religion in the Amarna period was centred on the king and his personal relationship with the Aten. The common people could not have their own personal relationship with god. Therefore, after his death, the change in religion reflects the peoples desire to have their own personal relationship with their deities.
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∙ 13y agoAmenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, was not really 'defeated' in his attempt to make Egypt a monotheistic country, in the sense that the people violently opposed his religion and rebelled against it. Akhenaten's religion was 'defeated' in the sense that after his death his religion was not sustained. After his death, in the post Amarna period, his successors reverted the country back to it's polytheistic/pantheistic religion, as many of the people believed that during the Amarna period when only one God (the Aten) was worshiped, the other gods 'left' Egypt due to the lack of worship and the neglect of their temples. In an attempt to appease the gods and to entice them to dwell in their temples again and therefore bless the country, the religion was reverted back to what it was before Akhenaten. Furthermore, religion in the Amarna period was centred on the king and his personal relationship with the Aten. The common people could not have their own personal relationship with god. Therefore, after his death, the change in religion reflects the peoples desire to have their own personal relationship with their deities.
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