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Akhenaten
ah-kuh-NAH-tuhn
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An ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 14th century BCE, known for promoting worship of the sun disk Aten and for being the father of Tutankhamun.
"Akhenaten's religious reforms briefly replaced Egypt's traditional gods with a single solar deity."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe pharaoh remembered for introducing an early form of monotheism in ancient Egypt.
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Etymology
An Egyptian name meaning roughly "effective for Aten," adopted after the pharaoh changed his name from Amenhotep IV.