Order of Amun - Amenshinkandan

Japanese: アメン神官団 - あめんしんかんだん
Order of Amun - Amenshinkandan

…He changed his king's name from Amenhotep (meaning "Amen is satisfied") to Akhenaten (meaning "useful to Aten"), and in order to implement the reforms thoroughly, he moved the capital from Amun's city of Thebes to the new capital Akhetaten, built in present-day Amarna. Since the king (pharaoh) of ancient Egypt was the supreme leader in politics and religion, the purpose of the reforms was religious reform as well as political reform, that is, to eliminate the priesthood of Amun, which had grown into a force opposing the royal authority, and to ensure the unification of the royal authority. After ascending to the throne, Akhenaten proclaimed his faith in the new sun god Aten, in accordance with his own beliefs. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Priests of Amun" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…王名をアメンヘテプ(〈アメンは満足する〉の意)からイクナートン(〈アテンに有用〉の意)へ改め,改革の徹底のためアメンの町テーベから現在のアマルナに建設した新都アケトアテンへ遷都する。古代エジプトの王(ファラオ)は政治・宗教の最高指導者であるから,改革の目的は宗教改革であると同時に政治改革,すなわち王権に対抗する勢力に成長したアメン神官団を抹殺し,王権の一元支配を貫徹することにあった。 即位したイクナートンは,自分の信念に従って新しい太陽神アテンの信仰を宣言する。…

※「アメン神官団」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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