AKHENATEN

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  • Period: 1386 BCE to 1353 BCE

    Reign of Amenhotep III

  • 1370 BCE

    Amenhotep IV is born

  • 1360 BCE

    Building of the "radiance of Aten"

  • 1353 BCE

    Amenhotep IV becomes Pharaoh

  • Period: 1353 BCE to 1292 BCE

    Armana Period

  • 1350 BCE

    Marriage to Nerfertiti

    It is unclear as to the date of their marriage, but its largely assumed that they were married before Amenhotep IV took the throne
  • Period: 1350 BCE to 1332 BCE

    Reign of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)

  • 1348 BCE

    Temples to Aten begin at Thebes

    4 Temples begin to be built in Thebes, one opposing the temple of Amun
  • 1346 BCE

    Akhenaten city beginning

  • 1344 BCE

    Changes name to Akenhaten

    He who is serviceable to the Aten
  • 1342 BCE

    Loss of much land

    Syria, Palestine, even Megiddo were taken back by Mittani and Habiru. Losing much power for Egypt, this was largely due to Akhenaten's hesitancy to go to war
  • 1337 BCE

    Final full family portrayal

    final time Akhenaten and Nefertiti are shown with their daughters
  • 1335 BCE

    Nefertiti dies

    Or at least is not shown anymore in records
  • 1292 BCE

    End of the armana period

    Due to Horemheb destroying Akhetaten