1 Page(s),275 Words Double Space, 0 Sources, Undergraduate, MLA, History due in 1 hour 30 minutes
SECOND WESTERN CIVILIZATION BLACKBOARD TEST
Test based on reading Chapter 2 in our class textbook, “Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture, Volume 1,” “Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East, 1700 – 500 B.C.E.” Class lectures and discussions and your notes are also the basis for the test. You may also consult the internet for additional information to formulate your answers, but you must cite any sources and use your own words.
YOU MUST USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND THOUGHTS. PLAIGIARIZING WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE. IF YOU USE A SOURCE OR QUOTE, YOU MUST CITE THE SOURCE. BE SPECIFIC
Question 2: Imagine you were a citizen of ancient Egypt in the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV also known as Ahkenaton (reigned 1353 -1336 B.C.). Amenhotep/Ahkenaton was controversial because he abandoned the polytheism of Egypt’s many gods and embraced the worship of only one god, the Sun God, Aton. He also moved the Egyptian capital from Thebes on the Nile River to a new capital to the East of Thebes at Armana. If you were a priest in ancient Egypt would you have been comfortable with Amenhotep’s decision to get rid of Egypt’s traditional gods in favor of only one deity? What if you were an average Egyptian, running a farm or raising a family. How might you have reacted to this jarring change? Might you not wish to emulate the Hebrews who had only one God? Wasn’t Amenhotep really ahead of his time, given the eventual success of monotheism in most of the Western World? What role was played by Ahkenaton’s wife Neferiti and Tutenkhamun? BE SPECIFIC. USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND THOUGHTS. (50 points, 250 words).
