before and during amarna period (pre-1391 to 1292 BCE)

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  • Period: 1386 BCE to 1349 BCE

    Amenhotep III Reign

  • Period: 1359 BCE to 1349 BCE

    Co-regency between Amenhotep III and Akhenaten

  • Period: 1353 BCE to 1336 BCE

    Akhenaten's Reign

  • Period: 1353 BCE to 1349 BCE

    Decree is issues, announcing erection of four sun temples near the enclosure of Amun at Karnak

  • Period: 1353 BCE to 1346 BCE

    Akhenaten produces six daughters

  • 1350 BCE

    Amenhotep IV holds first Sed festival (jubilee)

  • 1349 BCE

    Amenhotep IV continues work started by his father at Karnak

  • 1348 BCE

    Akhenaten issues religious reforms

    • monotheistic religion of the Aten established
  • 1346 BCE

    Work starts on new city at Akhetaten

  • 1346 BCE

    Akhenaten moves capital from Thebes to Akhenaten

  • 1345 BCE

    Work at Karnak completed

  • 1345 BCE

    City of Akhenaten becomes religious and administrative centre of Egypt

  • 1344 BCE

    Amenhotep IV changes name to Akhenaten

    • Central section of Akhetaten completed
    • Work begins on Royal tomb
  • 1341 BCE

    A great reception of foreign ambassadors from Asia, Africa and Aegean held at Akhetaten

  • Period: 1341 BCE to 1336 BCE

    Egyptians are faced with problems in Syria and Palestine and a plague, originating in kingdom of Mitanni, spreads to Egypt

  • 1339 BCE

    Queen Tiye and Akhenaten's second daughter, Meketaten, die

    • Nefertiti likely died as well since there were no more references to her after 1339BCE
  • Period: 1339 BCE to 1336 BCE

    Intensification of attack on Amun's monuments

  • Period: 1339 BCE to 1336 BCE

    Co-regency between Akhenaten and Smenkhare

  • 1338 BCE

    Akhenaten's eldest daughter takes role of queen and marries Smenkhkre

  • Period: 1336 BCE to 1327 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Reign

    • Reverses policies and brings back traditional religious practices
  • 1332 BCE

    Death of Akhenaten

  • Period: 1327 BCE to 1320 BCE

    Ay's Reign

    • continues Tutankhamun's policies
  • Period: 1320 BCE to 1292 BCE

    Horemheb's Reign

    • Erases all memory of the Amarna Period
    • Restores Egyptian culture
    • Destroys the city of Akhetaten