AKHENATEN

AKHENATEN
   Amenhotep IV
(1372-1354 B.C.)
   Egyptian King and earliest religious REFORMER known to HISTORY. He sought to weaken the power of the PRIESTHOOD and impose a FORM of MONOTHEISM on his people. After his death the priests regained power and almost completely destroyed his work.

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