Hello and marhaban simple peasant folk, I am King Akhenaten, originally known as Amenhotep IV. I was born in 1385 B.C. to Amenhotep III and Queen Tiyi. I was, debatably, crowned to the throne of Egypt in 1367 B.C. at the age of 18, but it was only because my older brother Thutmose, the original crown prince, was the victim of an early death (deja vu). I married Queen Nefertiti (and others), and my six daughters were the princesses Meketaten, Meritaten, Ankhesenpaten, Neferneferuaten minor, Neferneferure, and Satenpenre. Unfortunately, four of them died during my reign. As for my reign itself, it (probably) involved a co-regent for the first few years with my father─he took “Take Your Kid to Work Day” a bit too seriously. During my fifth year,
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I would even go as far as to say that what enhance my power almost destroyed my kingdom. With so much land from the ex-temples being transferred to the throne, there was room for sloppy property handling and Ancient Egyptian real estate fraud. Not only that, but establishing new Aten temples and constructing a brand new capital city completely exhausted national resources. Plus, while I myself was busy with the reform, I let my advisors supervise the entire rest of the country. It all worked out in the end, but, looking back at it 3367 years later, I really should have seen that …show more content…
Even so, all good things must come to an end, and I knew that I needed someone to take over for me when I died. The only problem was that I had no sons, only two daughters, and, as such, I had no heir. So, as a solution, I decided that my successor would be Smenkhkare, the husband of my oldest daughter, Meritaten and the older brother of the “Boy King Tut”, Tutankhamen. He served as a co-regent by my side for two years, until, eventually, I died in 1350
I would even go as far as to say that what enhance my power almost destroyed my kingdom. With so much land from the ex-temples being transferred to the throne, there was room for sloppy property handling and Ancient Egyptian real estate fraud. Not only that, but establishing new Aten temples and constructing a brand new capital city completely exhausted national resources. Plus, while I myself was busy with the reform, I let my advisors supervise the entire rest of the country. It all worked out in the end, but, looking back at it 3367 years later, I really should have seen that …show more content…
Even so, all good things must come to an end, and I knew that I needed someone to take over for me when I died. The only problem was that I had no sons, only two daughters, and, as such, I had no heir. So, as a solution, I decided that my successor would be Smenkhkare, the husband of my oldest daughter, Meritaten and the older brother of the “Boy King Tut”, Tutankhamen. He served as a co-regent by my side for two years, until, eventually, I died in 1350