Akhenaten (In Our Time)

1,353 BCE · Resource

Melvyn Bragg and guests Elizabeth Frood, Richard Parkinson and Kate Spence discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who brought revolutionary change to ancient Egypt. During his reign, Akhenaten embarked on a profoundly radical project: he set out to transform his people's deepest religious beliefs, moving from a polytheistic tradition to the elevation of a single solar god, Aten.

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Around 1353 BCE

• The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
• The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
• New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
• The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
• Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
• The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
• The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
• Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
• The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
• Moses (1391 BCE)

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