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1. Monotheism

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   Atenism (The Solar Disk Cult)
   The brief reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, who promoted the worship of the Aten (the solar disk) as the sole, universal deity, represents a documented, though ephemeral, example of state-enforced monotheism during the second millennium BCE. Scholars note that while the Aten was presented as singular, textual analysis frequently reveals underlying linguistic structures echoing older Egyptian solar deities, suggesting an evolutionary rath…