RELIGN M132 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Great Royal Wife, Faiyum Oasis, Akhenaten

• School: UCLA
• Department: Religion, Study of
• Course: RELIGN M132
• Professor: Kathlyn Cooney

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Akhenaten (amenhotep iv): akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 bce) was a pharaoh of 18th dynasty of the new kingdom of egypt. He is also known as "akhenaton" or "ikhnaton" and also "khuenaten", all of which are translated to mean "successful for" or "of great use to" the god aten. Akhenaten chose this name for himself after his conversion to the cult of aten. Prior to this conversion, he was known as amenhotep iv (or amenophis iv). He was the son of amenhotep iii (1386-1353. Bce) and his wife tiye, husband of queen nefertiti, and father of both tutankhamun (by a lesser wife named lady kiya) and tutankhamun"s wife ankhsenamun (by nefertiti). Authoritarianism: the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. Lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others: nefertiti: neferneferuaten nefertiti was an egyptian queen and the great royal wife of. The disk of the sun is a symbol of this god.