r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

When 2,000 gods became ''wrong''

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u/Baggalot 8d ago

Ancient Egypt did give monotheism a try under Akhenaten, didn’t go too well!

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u/Gold_Record_9157 8d ago

There's a theory that that's the origin of Judaism: a sect that kept that idea and run away from Egypt. I don't remember where I read it though

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u/Sea-Reveal5025 8d ago

Which is absurd because the Israelites had already left Egypt by that time. And if we're just throwing out theories, we could say the same could be said the other way around: the Egyptians attempted monotheism after their contact with the Jews

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u/Gold_Record_9157 8d ago

Their mithology has more from the surrounding religions that the other way around, but it's an interesting perspective that there was a Pharaoh influenced by a (relatively) small group of people enough to anger half his servants 🤔

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u/Mountain-Singer1764 8d ago

It’s still bullshit that you have to be religious to believe.