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Akhenaten

ANC-AKH is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Ancient History papers. Practise 11 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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Topic notes

Akhenaten — the late 18th Dynasty context, his family and early reign, the Aten religion, the city of Akhetaten, Amarna art, foreign relations and the Amarna letters, the end of the reform and how historians interpret him, with how to answer the Section III question.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2Historical context
  3. 3Family and early reign
  4. 4The Aten religion
  5. 5Akhetaten (Amarna)
  6. 6Amarna art
  7. 7Foreign relations
  8. 8Death and the end of the reform
  9. 9Building an evaluation
  10. 10Common mistakes
  11. 11Exam tips
  12. 12Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

In about the fifth year of his reign, Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten. What did the change mainly signal?

  1. AVictory in a war against the kingdom of Mitanni
  2. BDevotion to the Aten in place of Amun
  3. CA return to the gods of the Old Kingdom capital
  4. DAdoption by the high priest of Amun at Karnak

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

From about the fourth year of Akhenaten's reign, how was the Aten usually shown in art?

  1. AAs a man wearing a crown with two tall plumes
  2. BAs a sun disc whose rays end in human hands
  3. CAs a ram-headed figure guarding the temple gates
  4. DAs a falcon-headed man wearing a sun disc

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Excavation of the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna, begun in 2005, studied the remains of ordinary residents. What did it suggest?

  1. AOrdinary people were healthier than in other Egyptian towns
  2. BMost were mummified and buried in decorated rock tombs
  3. CMany did heavy work and died young, often poorly fed
  4. DThe city was abandoned before anyone was buried there

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