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What is the Egyptian ruler Akhenaten best known for?

conquering lands east of the Red Sea


overseeing the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza


establishing a new capital at Thebes


ordering Egyptians to stop their traditional worship of many gods and worship only the sun god

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Answer:

Your answer is D. Ordering Egyptians to stop their traditional worship of many gods and worship only the sun god

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As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted for abandoning Egypt's traditional polytheism and introducing Atenism, or worship centered around Aten

Akhenaten came to power as the pharaoh of Egypt in either the year 1353 or 1351 BCE and reigned for roughly 17 years during the 18th dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom. Akhenaten became best known to modern scholars for the new religion he created that centered on the Aten.

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