
Tutankhamun | 2. Egypt in the era of the boy king
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What Is So Interesting About the Eighteenth Dynasty?
We have the first truly historical era in which we see the despotic, absolutist state evolving. Acenaton's revolution is only possible because of a state which permitted the king such unquestioning adherence and obedience from everybody around him. What matters is that whatever happened within a very short space of time,. We end up with teuton carman on the throne, married to one of akenarton's daughters. Because it really doesn't amount to whatevers happen in that shortspace of time. He's gone, acanatin has gone, and the city is gradually abandoned, and they go back to the old way.
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