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Akhenaten: A Bad Leader

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Akhenaten was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled in the 18th Dynasty for 17 years. He fathered Tutankhamun, one of the most known pharaohs to ever live. He's also believed to have started the first monotheistic religion, Atenism. Although he has many noteworthy accomplishments, he is deemed a madman and/or a bad leader. Personally, I think he was a bad leader. Akhenaten is a bad leader for pushing his new monotheistic religion on his people. The result of that decision is the economy weakening. One reason the economy thrived back then was because of the hundreds of gods and beliefs. If you believed in something or worshiped a god, there was a market for it. Pushing that new religion on his people degraded the economy and left many people

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