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Yes, that Akhenaten did. He changed Egypt's Polytheistic society into one that was of Monothesiam. He took thougt that only one god needed to be worshiped and that all the others no longer mattered. He was hateed and despised by many. He was the father of king tut and was infamous for going to monotheisum (worship of one god). To the society of Egypt's relief Tut took the throne at the age of twelve and he let the people worship several gods agian. He also made everyone kill themselves if they didn't worship him. The god was Aten. King tut and his sucessors helped bring the kingdom back to polytheism over time.

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Was akhenaten the only person to run polytheism?

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Why was monotheism unusual in it time and place?

Monotheism was certainly unusual when it surfaced in the reign of Amenhotep IV, who renamed himself Akhenaten. ancient Egypt was a strongly polytheistic society, and the worship of gods was a major industry. The priesthood were not happy about Akenaten's monotheistic experiment, and returned the country to polytheism after his death, when his son, the boy-king Tutankhamun ruled.


Who tried to introduce monotheism to Egypt?

King Akhenaten instituted the monotheistic worship of Aten during his lifetime, but polytheism was restored upon his death around 1330 BCE. However, this may not have been the first monotheistic religion, since some scholars believe that Zoroastrianism was founded as a monotheistic religion even earlier than 2000 BCE.


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WHEN did Akhenaton change Egypt to monotheism?

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