Question

Question 17.
Why has Amenhotep IV reign been described as one of the strangest periods in ‘the history of ancient Egypt’?
Question 18.
What do you know about the reign of King Hit?

Answer 1

Answer 17:

Amenhotep IV promoted the worship of Aten, the sun disk, and attacked Amun, a major god, smashing his images and closing his temples. He also shifted the religious capital from the old city of Thebes to the new city of Akhnaten, known as Amarna.

Answer 18:

Tut ascended after Smenkhkare. Tut was very young. He called himself Tutankhamun. He restored old ways, and ruled for 9 years. He died suddenly.