WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Early in his reign, Akhenaten identified himself with the sun god Aton and elevated the cult of Aton above the worship of most other gods, including Amon, the king of the gods. Akhenaten saw himself as Aton’s earthly manifestation. The pharaoh later erased the names of other gods from temples; the reason is unclear.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under King Akhenaten’s rule, Egypt moved to worship a single sun god, Aten, thus forming Atenism. Akhenaten’s institution of monotheism throughout 14th century BCE Africa, though brief and quickly overturned, bears striking similarities to the three Abrahamic religions of today.

Detailed explanation-3: -Above all, though Akhenaten is known for his development of a kind of early monotheism that stressed the uniqueness of the sun god Aten, and of Akhenaten’s own relationship with this god. For this king, there was only one god and only one person who now knew the god: Akhenaten himself.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pharaoh Akhenaton (reigned 1353–36 bce) returned to supremacy of the sun god, with the startling innovation that the Aton was to be the only god (see Re). To remove himself from the preeminent cult of Amon-Re at Thebes, Akhenaton built the city Akhetaton (now Tell el-Amarna) as the centre for the Aton’s worship.