Akhenaten(or rarely alt: Ikhnaton)In English, , or approximately "AHK-en-AHT-en";[LINK: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/akhenaten] [1] his royal name Amenhotep in English is , or approximately "AH-mun-HOE-tep"[LINK: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amenhotep] [2] meaning Effective spirit of Aten, first known as Amenhotep IV (sometimes read as Amenophis IV and meaning Amun is Satisfied) before his first year, was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is especially noted for attempting to compel the Egyptian population in the monotheistic worship of Aten, although there are doubts as to how successful he was at this. He was born to Amenhotep III and his Chief Queen Tiye and was their younger son. Akhenaten was not originally designated as the successor to the throne until the untimely death of his older brother, Th

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