Approximate date
Pharaoh Akhenaten closes the old temples and orders worship of the Aten, the sun-disc, alone. After his death Egypt returns to its many gods.
How it touches Islam The believer of Pharaoh's family reminds Egypt that Yusuf had come to them before with clear proofs (40:34).
Source: History ·
Borders come from Cliopatria, the open map of the Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0), and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal, and the library of people, nations, empires and places.
