Akhenaten

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reformer pharaoh of Egypt

c. 1380 BC – 1336 BC · 44 years · Akhetaten (Amarna) · Africa

Launched a religious revolution centred on the sun disc Aten and moved the capital to his new city of Akhetaten.

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• c. 1346 BC Akhenaten founds Akhetaten — aged 34, Africa