Akenotn

Part I of Essay
Almost all of the pharoes befpore Akhenaton had believed in the old multiple god system of Egypt. But Akhenaton was the first to proclaim that Aton was the only true god and he also changed egytian art and literature. Akhenaton was also called Amenhotep IV, he was pharaoh ....

Part II of Essay
.... Some scholars believe that the Hebrew prophets' concept of a universal God, preached seven or eight centuries later in a land that Akhenaton once ruled, was derived in part from his cult. After he established the new religion, sometimes referred to as solar monotheism, he changed his name from the royal designation Amenhotep IV to Akhenaton, meaning “Aton is satisfied.” He moved his capital from Thebes to Akhetaton (now the site of Tell el ‘Amarinah), a new city devoted to the celebration of Aton, and he ordered the obliter ....