Akhenaton and Pericles

Akhenaton came to the Egyptian throne before the middle of the thirteenth century B.C. He succeeded a powerful and charismatic ruler whose actions had extended the Egyptian sphere of influence throughout the Near Middle East. Under Akhenaton, attacks on the well-established priesthood of Amon and the emergence of a new deity worshiped by the royal family led to the unpopularity of the monarch himself. Akhenaton was responsible for a refocusing of Egyptian government on internal rather than external matters; he failed to maintain the army in good condition, did not add to Egypt's treasury, and largely ignored foreign affairs. Thus, an imperial decline with severe economic consequences diminished Egypt's power.

Pericles, as the steward of Athens' fortunes in a time of conflict with other city-states in the region, was regarded highly a

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