Exam 1: Project - Egypt Flashcards
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Important Egyptian Gods (before Akhenaten)
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- Re: chief/ sun
- Osiris: underworld
- Isis: health, marriage, wisdom
- Horus: sky, son of Re
- Seth: chaos
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Reign of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
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- changed mythology: favor Aten, sun disk
- moved capital to Akheten
- made other gods inferior/ unimportant
3
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Humans to Aten
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- Aten created humans to serve him
- everything revolves around Aten/ sun
- Lord of everything
- Egyptians: about balance - pay Aten back for create
- Pharaoh/ royalty: mediator between Aten and people, praise/ devoted to Aten
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Creation
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- Re responsible for creation/ life and grants procreation powers to man
- Aten responsible for every step in child’s life
- Everything created for use of the king (Aten’s son) on behalf of Aten
- Nile from him/ underworld for people who serve king/ Aten’s son
5
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Akhenaten’s Theology
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- dramatic revolution
- Henotheism: adhere to one god out of several
- replaced all gods duties
6
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Why change
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- gave Akhenaten power
- Son (Tutankhaten/ King Tut) returned to original gods and capital/ changed name to Tutankhamen
- destroyed all traces of era when Akhenaten died
7
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Genesis vs. Hymn of the Aten
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- same time period
- similar: grand, all important creator, everything created for man
- differences: Aten = focused on king, still other gods vs. Genesis = for all men, 1 god
