{"slug": "akhenaten", "label": "Akhenaten", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81794", "qid": "Q81794", "description": "Egyptian pharaoh in 18th Dynasty", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [-1351, -1333], "span_label": ["1352 BCE", "1334 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Amenhotep IV"], "related": [{"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "pharaoh", "label": "Pharaoh", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "tutankhamun", "label": "Tutankhamun", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eighteenth-dynasty-of-egypt", "label": "Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1351, "year_label": "1352 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "c. 1352 BC – Amenhotep III (Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt) dies and is succeeded as Pharaoh by Amenhotep IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151220#Events_and_trends", "title": "1350s BC", "revid": 1307151220, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1347, "year_label": "1348 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "c. 1348 BC—Pharaoh Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151222#Events_and_trends", "title": "1340s BC", "revid": 1307151222, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1345, "year_label": "1346 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "1346 BC—Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151222#Events_and_trends", "title": "1340s BC", "revid": 1307151222, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1344, "year_label": "1345 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "1345 BC–Amenhotep IV of Egypt renames himself to Akhenaten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151222#Events_and_trends", "title": "1340s BC", "revid": 1307151222, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1335, "year_label": "1336 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1336 BC: Pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333173496#Events_and_trends", "title": "1330s BC", "revid": 1333173496, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1335, "year_label": "1336 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "1336 BC: Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten, his half sister and cousin as well as a daughter of his predecessor Akhenaten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333173496#Events_and_trends", "title": "1330s BC", "revid": 1333173496, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1333, "year_label": "1334 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1334 BC: Death of Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt. Alternative date is 1333 BC", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333173496#Significant_people", "title": "1330s BC", "revid": 1333173496, "section": "Significant people"}}, {"year": -1333, "year_label": "1334 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1334 BC: Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaten. Alternative date is 1333 BC", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333173496#Significant_people", "title": "1330s BC", "revid": 1333173496, "section": "Significant people"}}]}