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What radical change in Egyptian religion did Amenhotep IV Akhenaten decree?
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He mandated worship of one god exclusively
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Why did Akhenatens experiment with monotheism fail?
Prior to his reign the many priesthoods were very powerful, and slowly over long periods of Egyptian history they whittled away at Pharoah's power. Trying to consolidate power and centralize it in the person of Pharoah wasn't a bad idea, but Akhenaten's approach was much too radical and extreme. At one point, Pharoah was seen as the High Priest of every cult. Akhenaten obliterated the cults. The priesthoods fought to get their power back, and it didn't take them long.
Did Pharaoh make the laws for ancient Egypt?
A pharaoh could make the laws of ancient Egypt and many times did make them. However he was under an overall restriction, so to speak, because the Egyptian outlook on life was one of continuity. A new law could not be too radical or the priests would get upset as their idea of the gods could not be changed. The Pharaoh Akhenaten tried it, but his reforms, both religious and civil lasted only as long as he did.
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What radical change in Egyptian religion did Amenhotep IV decree?
He mandated worship of one god exclusively
What religion did Tutankhamun create?
Tutankhamun did not create a religion. He did however reject the more radical religious innovations of his predecessor Akhenaten-who specifically tried to introduce monotheistic worship to Aten (or the sun).
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Why did Akhenatens experiment with monotheism fail?
Prior to his reign the many priesthoods were very powerful, and slowly over long periods of Egyptian history they whittled away at Pharoah's power. Trying to consolidate power and centralize it in the person of Pharoah wasn't a bad idea, but Akhenaten's approach was much too radical and extreme. At one point, Pharoah was seen as the High Priest of every cult. Akhenaten obliterated the cults. The priesthoods fought to get their power back, and it didn't take them long.
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Radical Judiasm is like any other religious extremism. It is the belief that the Jewish religion is the only correct one.
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Radical ideology (i.e. religion) mixed with bad principles (i.e. selfishness).
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Radical Islam. Not all Muslims are like al-qaeda.
Why is King Tutankhamun a bad phoaroh?
because he fought no great battles, he did not bring riches to his people, and during his rule the previous ruler of his dynasty did most of his work. Additional: King Tut wasn't that bad of a ruler, in all honesty. He just wasn't an outstanding one in my opinion. I'm not sure what the above poster means by "the previous ruler of his dynasty did most of his work"; let me explain the previous Phaoroh, Akhenaten: Amenhotep IV, much like Diocletian centuries later in Rome, sought to do away with Egypt's polytheistic worship and focus on only one god as a ruler, a monotheistic worship, and naturally, the sun, originally personified as Ra, or Aten, as the center of worship. This makes sense in large part because of Egypt's totalitarianism and the Phaoroh's identification with the sun, the reincarnation of Ra/Horus. Additionally, the Egyptian pantheon is vast and complex, incredibly confusing to someone who knows nothing about it. Shifting to this monotheistic order would not only place an underlying importance on the Phaoroh as a totalitarian ruler, but would also settle some of the confusing elements of the religion. He then took the name Akhenaten. However, Akhenaten's reforms were incredibly radical and offended many of Egypt's high priests who absolutely disagreed (to give you a frame of reference, consider the outrage if Obama mandated Islam as the nation's religion). When Akhenaten died, he left behind a son, Tutenkhaten. Because "Tut" was at the time young and easily influenced, the high priests essentially persuaded him into undoing his father's reforms. The worship of "Aten" was done away with and "Amun-Ra" was restored. The Egyptian worship then shifted from monotheism back to its traditional, complex polytheism. Part of this undoing was Tutenkhamun changing his name to Tutenkhamun, "the living image of Amun". So was king Tut really such a bad Phaoroh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun
What did tut do differently from his father?
Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, differed from his father, Akhenaten, in several ways. Firstly, Tutankhamun reversed his father's religious reforms by restoring worship of the god Amun and abandoning the previous monotheistic worship of the sun god Aten. Secondly, Tutankhamun moved the capital back to Thebes from Amarna, the city founded by his father. Lastly, Tutankhamun's reign marked a return to traditional Egyptian art and architecture, in contrast to the radical artistic style promoted by Akhenaten.
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Did Pharaoh make the laws for ancient Egypt?
A pharaoh could make the laws of ancient Egypt and many times did make them. However he was under an overall restriction, so to speak, because the Egyptian outlook on life was one of continuity. A new law could not be too radical or the priests would get upset as their idea of the gods could not be changed. The Pharaoh Akhenaten tried it, but his reforms, both religious and civil lasted only as long as he did.
