The Hymn To Aten

What I found out about this article is how it was one of the first signs of monotheism. In Egypt, at the time the people were mainly polytheistic and worshiped distinct types of gods, in which two examples of their gods are Anubis and Ra. The pharaoh at the time was Amenhotep IV, however, he had been different from many other Pharaohs since he created one of the first monotheistic communities. He felt that the people should believe in only one god, so he changed his name to Akenaten, which means "living spirit of Aten". He made the people of Egypt follow the idea of worshiping one god, in which in this case was Aten, the Suns Orbs. At first, people didn't really care of who they worshiped, but after Akenaten died, They returned to their polytheistic ways. At first someone may think it was the end of monotheism, but later on in time people acquired these same beliefs, making them follow some of the same traditions Akenaten had. What people called this was Cultural Diffusion. So through this, as people interacted with each other, they reflected each others religion and they carried on this until people formed monotheism once again.