Question

Akhenaten dismantled the ancient Egyptian religion by outlawing the worship of many gods and establishing a new religion that had a single god. A.True B. False

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation: Akhenaten, or even known as Amenhotep, was Pharaoh of ancient Egypt, who ruled for seventeen years. He abandoned traditional Egyptian polytheism and established a kind of monotheistic religion, where religious practice and all religious services were dedicated to the god Aten. God Aten is a kind of supreme god that is identified with the Sun. Later, in giving more importance to the monotheistic god, it is forbidden to use his name, as a God who has no name, which is a feature of the universal monotheistic deity.

Answer 2

A.True

Akhenaten defied tradition by establishing a new religion that believed that there is but one god; the sun god Aten.