Akhenaten

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  • Period: 1391 BCE to 1292 BCE

    Amarna period

    Ends when Horemheb destroys the city of Akhetaten
  • Period: 1386 BCE to 1353 BCE

    Amenhotep III's reign

    Amenhotep III's reign was the peak of Egypt's prosperity. He increased power by expanding, increasing wealth through the building of monuments and by avoiding war with the 'Amarna letters' in which he traded with them to keep peace (great diplomat). He is most famous for his buildings at the Karnak temple, his Mortuary temples in Thebes, Palace complex at Malkata and the third pylon at Karnak.
  • 1380 BCE

    Amenhotep IV birth

    Amenhotep IV was the son of Amenhotep III
  • 1355 BCE

    Nefertiti marries Amenhotep IV

    Nefertiti was perhaps one of the most powerful women ever to have ruled. Her husband went to great lengths to display her as an equal. In several reliefs she is shown wearing the crown of a pharaoh or smiting her enemies in battle. But despite this great power, Nefertiti disappears from all depictions after 12 years
  • 1353 BCE

    Amenhotep IV becomes king

  • 1353 BCE

    Amenhotep III death

  • Period: 1353 BCE to 1332 BCE

    Akhenaten's reign

  • 1349 BCE

    Birth of first daughter (Meritaten)

  • 1349 BCE

    Amenhotep IV works on Pylons at Karnak

    These pylons were started by his father Amenhotep III but Akhenaten continued them during his reign and after his father's death. Instead he dedicated these temples to the Aten instead of Amun
  • 1348 BCE

    Religion completely changed to Monotheistic to worship only the Aten

  • 1348 BCE

    Construction of 4 temples dedicated to Aten begun at Thebes

  • 1348 BCE

    Akhenaten holds first jubilee festival

  • 1346 BCE

    Building of Akhetaten begins

  • 1346 BCE

    Birth of second and third daughter (Meketaten and Ankhenspaaten)

  • 1345 BCE

    Work at Karnak completed

  • 1344 BCE

    Amenhotep IV becomes Akhenaten

  • 1344 BCE

    Construction of Mortuary tomb

  • 1344 BCE

    Central section of Akhetaten finished

  • 1342 BCE

    Government transferred to Akhetaten

  • 1341 BCE

    Reception with foreign ambassoders

  • 1339 BCE

    Birth of fourth daughter (Neferneferuaten)

  • 1339 BCE

    Intensification of attack on Amun by Akhenaten

  • 1338 BCE

    Birth of fifth and sixth daughter (Neferneferure and Setepenre)

  • 1337 BCE

    Queen Tiye (Akhenaten's mother) visits Akhetaten

  • 1337 BCE

    Campaign in Nubia

    This campaign ended a rebellion in Nubia and was one of the only interests Akhenaten took in the military side of running his empire
  • 1336 BCE

    Death of Meketaten

  • 1335 BCE

    Nefertiti dies

    Akhenaten went on a rampage after his wife's death, intensifying his attack on Amun-Re
  • 1334 BCE

    Coregency between Akhenaten and Smenkhkare

    Smenkhkare was Queen Meritaten's husband who was Akhenaten's daughter. She became queen after the death of her mother and married Smenkhkare.
  • 1332 BCE

    Akhenaten death

    After Akhenaten died, his ideas and beliefs were widely rejected and his legacy was quickly forgotten and moved aside. Amun was quickly reinstalled as the chief god amongst the many gods Egyptians ruled.
    When Akhenaten died, Egypt was relatively weak compared to when he came to the throne. They had lost much land to the Syrians and Palestinians.