Swot Analysis Of Akhenaten
Akhenaten:)Personality)Study)
Historical)Context)
Geography,+topography+and+resources+of+Egypt+and+its+Neighbors+
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Located!on!the!north!east!coast!of!Africa!
Bordered!Libya,!Nubia,!Sinai!and!Mediterranean!sea.!Neighbored!with!Hittites!and!
Mitanni!as!well.!!
Long!narrow!countrywide!cut!into!desert!cliffs.!
The!Nile:!provided!irrigation!for!crop!growing,!water,!fish,!mud!for!bricks,!leisure! pursuits!and!banks!for!papyrus!to!grow.!! Upper!and!Lower!Egypt.!
Protected!by!some!natural!barriers!including!the!Mediterranean!sea!and!western!
desert.!
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Trading!Resources:!
• Olive!oil!
• Wine!
• Timber!
• Oil!
• Cattle!
• Silver!
• Glass!
• Gold!
• Ebony!
• Animal!skins!
• Feathers!
• Wood!
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Natural!Resources:! …show more content…
point!after!the!displacement!or!death!of!Nefertiti!!
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• Third!of!known!daughter!of!the!pharaoh!Akhenaten!by!Nefertiti!!
• Believed!to!have!been!married!firstly!to!her!own!father!and!then!to!for!a!short!while! to!Smenkhare!after!Akhenaten’s!death!and!then!to!Tutankhaten!!! • After!their!marriage!they!changed!their!names!to!Ankhesenamun!and!Tutankhamun!!
• The!couple!only!had!two!children,!who!both!died!!!
• When!Tutankhamun!dies!she!married!Ay!and!died!during!or!shortly!after!his!reign!!
• The!document!found!in!Amarna!is!extraordinary!as!nothing!like!it!had!occurred!
• Egyptians!thought!of!themselves!above!all!other!nations!!
• Suppilililumas!was!at!first!was!reluctant,!but!he!eventually!sent!one!of!his!sons!
Zennanza.!He!was!murdered!on!his!way!there!!
• Some!believe!that!the!writer!of!the!letter!could!have!been!Nefertiti,!but!it!more! likely!to!be!Ankhesenamun!as!she!had!no!legitimate!successors!after!her!husband’s! death!!!!!!
Despite!intimate!scenes!with!Nefertiti,!there!is!evidence!to!suggest!that!Akhenaten! had!other!minor!wives!apart!from!Kiya! Do
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• Peculiar!as!it!consisted!of!a!roofless!colonnade!of!square!piers!decorated!with! scenes!of!Nefertiti’s!personal!worship!of!the!Aten!! • Other!temples!were!built!at!Amarna,!Heliopolis,!Memphis,!Hierakonpolis!and!at!the!
Nubian!site!of!Sesebi!!!
• The!Aten!temples!signified!a!departure!from!traditional!architecture!as!they!were! open!to!the!sky,!in!contrast!to!the!roofed!dark!chambers!of!the!Amun!sanctuaries!! W.!Murnane,!points!out!that!a!fragmentary!inscription!there!imposed!a!tax!on!other! temples!and!districts!to!support!the!new!Aten!cult!! Talatat!blocks!and!sunken!incisions!
Transfer+of+capital+to+Akhetaten:+political+and+religious+motives+
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Akhetaten:!‘Horizon!of!the!Aten’.!
No!previous!settlement,!nor!previously!dedicated!to!any!god/s:!signified!total!focus!
on!the!Aten!to!the!exclusion!of!all!other!gods/cults.!
• Included!lavish!offerings!for!the!new!temples!to!the!Aten.!
• Bounded!by!stelae!which!was!each!elaborately!carved!with!the!king’s!funeral! announcement!of!the!founding!of!Akhetaten!and!a!vignette!showing!the!royal!family! worshipping!the!sun!god.!!
Possible!motives/theories:!
• Religious:!
M Act!of!a!religious!madman.!
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Historical)Context)
Geography,+topography+and+resources+of+Egypt+and+its+Neighbors+
!
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•
•
Located!on!the!north!east!coast!of!Africa!
Bordered!Libya,!Nubia,!Sinai!and!Mediterranean!sea.!Neighbored!with!Hittites!and!
Mitanni!as!well.!!
Long!narrow!countrywide!cut!into!desert!cliffs.!
The!Nile:!provided!irrigation!for!crop!growing,!water,!fish,!mud!for!bricks,!leisure! pursuits!and!banks!for!papyrus!to!grow.!! Upper!and!Lower!Egypt.!
Protected!by!some!natural!barriers!including!the!Mediterranean!sea!and!western!
desert.!
Th
in
ks
wa
p
Do
cu
m
en t !
Trading!Resources:!
• Olive!oil!
• Wine!
• Timber!
• Oil!
• Cattle!
• Silver!
• Glass!
• Gold!
• Ebony!
• Animal!skins!
• Feathers!
• Wood!
!
Natural!Resources:! …show more content…
point!after!the!displacement!or!death!of!Nefertiti!!
m
en t !Ankensenpaaten$aka$Ankhesenamun$$
• Third!of!known!daughter!of!the!pharaoh!Akhenaten!by!Nefertiti!!
• Believed!to!have!been!married!firstly!to!her!own!father!and!then!to!for!a!short!while! to!Smenkhare!after!Akhenaten’s!death!and!then!to!Tutankhaten!!! • After!their!marriage!they!changed!their!names!to!Ankhesenamun!and!Tutankhamun!!
• The!couple!only!had!two!children,!who!both!died!!!
• When!Tutankhamun!dies!she!married!Ay!and!died!during!or!shortly!after!his!reign!!
• The!document!found!in!Amarna!is!extraordinary!as!nothing!like!it!had!occurred!
• Egyptians!thought!of!themselves!above!all!other!nations!!
• Suppilililumas!was!at!first!was!reluctant,!but!he!eventually!sent!one!of!his!sons!
Zennanza.!He!was!murdered!on!his!way!there!!
• Some!believe!that!the!writer!of!the!letter!could!have!been!Nefertiti,!but!it!more! likely!to!be!Ankhesenamun!as!she!had!no!legitimate!successors!after!her!husband’s! death!!!!!!
Despite!intimate!scenes!with!Nefertiti,!there!is!evidence!to!suggest!that!Akhenaten! had!other!minor!wives!apart!from!Kiya! Do
•
cu
Other$wives:$
Th
in
ks
wa
p
$ …show more content…
• Peculiar!as!it!consisted!of!a!roofless!colonnade!of!square!piers!decorated!with! scenes!of!Nefertiti’s!personal!worship!of!the!Aten!! • Other!temples!were!built!at!Amarna,!Heliopolis,!Memphis,!Hierakonpolis!and!at!the!
Nubian!site!of!Sesebi!!!
• The!Aten!temples!signified!a!departure!from!traditional!architecture!as!they!were! open!to!the!sky,!in!contrast!to!the!roofed!dark!chambers!of!the!Amun!sanctuaries!! W.!Murnane,!points!out!that!a!fragmentary!inscription!there!imposed!a!tax!on!other! temples!and!districts!to!support!the!new!Aten!cult!! Talatat!blocks!and!sunken!incisions!
Transfer+of+capital+to+Akhetaten:+political+and+religious+motives+
!
Akhetaten:!‘Horizon!of!the!Aten’.!
No!previous!settlement,!nor!previously!dedicated!to!any!god/s:!signified!total!focus!
on!the!Aten!to!the!exclusion!of!all!other!gods/cults.!
• Included!lavish!offerings!for!the!new!temples!to!the!Aten.!
• Bounded!by!stelae!which!was!each!elaborately!carved!with!the!king’s!funeral! announcement!of!the!founding!of!Akhetaten!and!a!vignette!showing!the!royal!family! worshipping!the!sun!god.!!
Possible!motives/theories:!
• Religious:!
M Act!of!a!religious!madman.!
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