Egypt's golden empire : Pharaohs of the Sun 1/9

Over 3,500 years ago, Rome was no more than a soggy marsh and the Acropolis was just an empty rock, but Egypt was on the brink of its greatest age - the New Kingdom. There was an explosion of creativity, wealth and power in Egypt that would make it the envy of the world. After defeating the Hyksos invaders, successive Pharaohs expanded and maintained their Empire through both force and diplomacy. In the process, they won Egypt vast amounts of gold, influence and respect. They included; Ahmose, Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis III, Amenhotep III, Akenhaten, Tutankhamen and Ramesses III. Behind the power of the Egyptian empire lay a vast wealth of natural resources. Chief among these was the river Nile, the freeway of the ancient world, whose floodplains also provided huge expanses of fertile farming ground that kept Egypt self-sufficient and usually famine-free. Along the banks of the Nile, the humble papyrus plant was used to create a bureaucratic efficiency and cultural sophistication previously unknown to mankind

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[newgirlalfa]

Something most be wrong with this information cus Abraham was the first monotheist in 1948 2nd millenium BCE , Akhenaten monotheism reign was in 1353 BC to 1336 BC.

[bawad]

Akenaton is probably the most interesting Pharaoh ever.

[N00bcrunch3r]

@grahanika

Yeah, yeah, yeah, because nothing in the Bible wrong? The historicity of Akenhaten is very certain, unlike Abraham. Furthermore, his descendents did force their beliefs on others. Abraham also never possessed any power to force people to practice monotheism.

[N00bcrunch3r]

@newgirlalfa

The problem is that Abraham is character of legend. The Bible is only historical source that mentions him in antiquity, and the first parts of it weren't written until some 1,000 years later, making his very existence questionable.

[grahanika]

why are we humans so greedy? we have shelter, we have food, and water! why do we need more gold and silver? we cant eat that. war is stupid, it doesnt do anyone any good

[grahanika]

@DarKool81 how dare you! abraham is not a myth to so many people who are jewish, and christian. you are basically sauing that part of our religion is wong! akenaten may be a historical figure, but at leat abraham didnt force people to beleive in what he belived in!

[grahanika]

@newgirlalfa thank you

[Learnerwp]

@newgirlalfa You're right about Abraham being the first Monotheistic. But don't forget about the despute in the Old Testament (The Hebrew Bible) over Israel having a "king". Abraham wasn't a king because Isreal wasn't supposed to have a man as it's leader (it's 'king'). I think that's why they chose the word king. [just a suggestion to clear things up.]

[k1ng401]

@newgirlalfa as a few others have pointed out, Abraham wasn't a king. So Akhenaten might have been the first KING who was a monotheist.

[ludosfaverus]

@newgirlalfa But Abraham was no king, wasn't he? CMIIW

[1313ktb]

@naiyir They loan these out to various museums for brief exhibits and sometimes they are sent for more study. Can't always have the right equipment in one spot.