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One explanation is that he made drastic reforms related to the tax collection capacity of the priestly class. This was in addition to/a consequence of his re-co
by snapdangle 8y ago
One explanation is that he made drastic reforms related to the tax collection capacity of the priestly class. This was in addition to/a consequence of his re-conceptualization of the state religion.
After he was deposed by that same priestly class, they did the thing that usually happens -- defiling all monuments and writing a version of the events that put them in the best possible light.
- eponeponepon 8y agoI think the exact changes that he (or his agents) made are kind of immaterial - ultimately, it seems, he tried to implement too large a change too suddenly, and it failed. There's a lesson in Akhenaten's history for many areas of many sectors - not least the tech sector.
- firethief 8y agoI find it hard to imagine such a vague lesson lending support to any view I don't already agree with
- empath75 8y agoI think that everything in history comes down to taxes eventually.