Michael Serravalle 1st response paper 9-17-2011 History 121- Professor Byczkiewicz First Response Paper: Akhenaten and the Hymn of Aten Akhenaten; Radical success or dismal failure? Formerly known as Amenhotep the IV‚ he grew up in the most powerful family on earth. His father Amenhotep III died leaving a reign of peace and prosperity in the hands of his son. His son was a King of radical change. He changed many customary ideas of ancient Egypt like art for example. Akhenaten celebrated
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sweeping change in the religious structure of the ancient Egyptian civilization. "The Hymn to the Aten" was created by Amenhotep IV‚ who ruled from 1369 to 1353 B.C.‚ and began a move toward a monotheist culture instead of the polytheist religion which Egypt had experienced for the many hundreds of years prior to the introduction of this new idea. There was much that was different from the old views in "The Hymn to the Aten"‚ and it offered a new outlook on the Egyptian ways of life by providing a complete
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Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Noahs Flood The epic of Gilgamesh and “Noah and the Flood” both tell stories of a treacherous flood which wiped out all of mankind. These “The Great Hymn to the Aten” is the longest of several New Kingdom praise poems to the sun god Aten. This poem‚ composed as a hymn‚ or sacred song‚ was found on the wall of a tomb built for a royal scribe named Ay and his wife. It was intended to assure their safety in the afterlife. The Egyptians had worshiped the sun—along with a host
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who has made himself for eternity and as such embodied all the other gods in his being. He was described in the hymns carved into
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Creation and the Cosmos: 1.) Compare the similarities and the dissimilarities between the attributes given to two of the following: Unis‚ Aten‚ Marduk‚ and Zeus. What insights can we gain from the congruencies and divergences in these descriptions? Both Zeus and Marduk are the supreme gods in their cultures. In Babylonian times‚ Marduk was the ruler and in Olympian times‚ Zeus was. They were called counselor and mighty by their worshippers. Marduk “creates the netherworld” (Norton 34). The book
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Historical Context Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Dominated by the Nile River Key facts about the Nile: - 7000km in length - formed from 3 rivers; the white Nile‚ the Blue Nile and the Atbara - Flows north towards the Mediterranean sea - broken up in 6 places by impenetrable rocky outcrops and rapids known as cataracts - Consists of three sections * narrow 800km stretch
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all the time and Akhenaten was the first pharaoh to break the tradition by introducing monotheism‚ which was the worship to only one god. Other than reforming the religious beliefs‚ he also introduced arts of different styles to worship the Sun god‚ Aten. The changes made during Akhenaten’s reign had no doubt brought some effects to the lives of the Egyptians and also people from other countries later on. Life Akhenaten‚ formerly known as Amenhotep IV‚ was the pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of
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I understand where you’re coming from but you’re missing a large part that comes along with these writings. That crucial part is the fact that they all have an attachment to a King or ruler. I believe that these rulers used religion as political platform to maintain obedience and gain support from their civilizations. They did this through religious reform by establishing a central God that is above all including other lesser Gods and having this central figure in the religion endorse the ruler.
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Hymns celebrated gods and afterlife‚ as well as the pharaoh. “The Hymn of Aten” praised Aten‚ who created life‚ as well as the pharaoh Akhenaten‚ showing how pharaohs ruled for the god. Additionally‚ unlike the other cultures‚ the Egyptian art depicted the pharaoh’s power as sole ruler and god. The
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traits. Ra‚ Sobek‚ Anubis etc. • Faces are still shown in traditional profile. • Akhenaten elongated head‚ large nose/chin‚ narrow face. Amenhotep IV • Ruled for 17 years. • Abandoned traditional polytheism‚ monotheistic worship of the Aten‚ sun disk. • Sun disk with rays‚ hands holding ankh at the bottom - giver of life‚ depicted as a part of the royal family’s lives. • Break from traditional religion - break from traditional art. • Hapi - God of the Nile. Related to visually
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