Ancient HistoryResearch Essay and Bibliography Task: Assess the importance of the cult of Amun in the political and religious development of Egypt in the period of the Egypt New Kingdom to the death...

ANCIENT HISTORY
RESEARCH ESSAY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
ASSESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULT OF AMUN IN THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF EGYPT IN THE PERIOD OF THE EGYPT NEW KINGDOM TO THE DEATH OF THUTMOSE IV
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Significance of Cult of Amun in Political and Religious Development of Egypt in Egypt New Kingdom Period to Thutmose IV’s Death    3
Conclusion    8
References    10
Introduction
The Egyptian history dates back to the prehistoric period before 3150 BC and continued until the late period of 664-332 BC. The Egyptian history is used to consider as one of the longest and wealthiest era, which occu
ed because of the flow of river Nile and their fertile banks and delta. Along with these natural resources the Egypt’s native inhabitants and because of the continuous outside influence the development of Egypt had taken place.
Many of the ancient historical significance of Egypt remained in mysterious condition until the Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and help of the Rosetta stone. Among the Seven Wonders of the World one of the wonder is Egypt is the Great Pyramid of Giza. In this essay, the detailed discussion about the importance of cult of Amun in the political and the religious development of Egypt in the period of the Egypt new kingdom.
The discussion will be continued from the beginning of the new era of Egypt until the death of Thutmose IV and the influence that the Amun cult had created over it. During the discussion analysis of the different rulers, during the period, right from the beginning of the new Egyptian era from Ahmose to the end of Thutmose IV, the evidences will help to explain the rise and the fall of the cult worship of Amun. Further, the discussion will be made based on the historian’s discussion with respect to this subject.
Significance of Cult of Amun in Political and Religious Development of Egypt in Egypt New Kingdom Period to Thutmose IV’s Death
Egypt has a significant contribution towards the history of humanity. One of the earliest human structures that can be found in the world was found in Egypt, which dates back to about 100,000 BC. Ararat, El-Helaly and Shehata (2017) have added that the Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced around the year 3150 BC, which took place after the political unification of the Upper and the Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh of the first dynasty of Egypt, Narmer. The Egyptian dynasty is considered to be ruled until the conquest by Achaemenid Empire during the sixth century BC.
In the historian context, the major development of the politics and religion of the Modern Egyptian era took place after the great influence from the Amun cult. The discussion of god Amun was first mentioned in the Pyramid Texts of the fifth dynasty, as he is better known as the Local God of Thebes, where he is known to be worshipped from the eleventh dynasty onwards. The meaning of Amun’s name is known as the hidden one as he is considered as the invisible strength of the wind. It can be possibly said that his name is derived from the Libya word aman, which means water.
This connects the cult of Amun with the creation of Egypt from the primeval water of chaos and that explains why the Egyptian worshipped him in a form of goose. Amun was also depicted as the ram, with curved horns, which refers to the fertile god. Redford (2000) has discussed that politics and religion were very much close to each other and are closely related to the ancient Egypt in many ways and that created a reason for the Amun’s rise to the prominence, which can be seen from both spheres.
Politically, it was considered that Amun’s reputation was bound to rise and he was the patron deity of Thebes, which is the home of the kings who has expelled the Hyksos (Pope, 2019). Amun’s cult has now turned to become the state cult of the newly formed dynasty. The new rulers of the reunited Egypt were searching for a new...