Western Civilization I / Unit 2 WC1 0109 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Ramses II
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The idea
Hatshepsut ruled as pharaoh from about fourteen seventy-nine. Akhenaten, about thirteen fifty-three to thirteen thirty-six, made the sun disk Aten the only god. Tutankhamun restored the old gods. Ramses II, twelve seventy-nine to twelve thirteen, fought the Hittites and built Abu Simbel.
In practice
Thutmose III later erased Hatshepsut from the monuments.
Where people slip
Akhenaten as curbing the priests is the anchor's theory. Attribute it.
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