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AKHENATON'S TEMPORARY REFORM
A. Akenhaton (=Akhenaten) as New Kingdom pharaoh; against traditional polytheism and the priests of Amon-Re (traditional sun god)
B. A new sun god: Aton (=Aten) as god of solar disk; monotheism imposed from above
C. a new capital and palace (Bk. 1, p. 30)
D. King Tuthankhamon (="-en"): he ends
Akhenaton's system; tomb survives (27; 31)
EARLY EGYPT'S SOCIAL STRUCTURE (book 1: 31-32)
A. Pharaoh; royal house; Vizier
B. Priests; the Temple aristocracy
C. Nobility (landed aristocracy)
---Scribal Bureaucracy---
D...