Then along came Akhenaten. He changed the religion from many gods to just one god (RA or Aten, the sun god). This was the first time that monotheism had been practiced. There was some dissention among the high priests of the temples who believed in many Gods even though the Pharaoh Akhenaten was believed to be a god himself...
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Akhenaten also built a new capital city and moved his followers to it. He and his followers moved to a new temple and there Monotheism took off. This type of Monotheism failed for the Egyptians, however it spread to other cultures and maybe even created other religions including Christianity. DIPLOMACY: As world population grew and people expanded out and made contact with other cultures, man learned diplomacy...
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