. Examine the reasons Akhenaten challenged long-held religious beliefs by mandating monotheism

Please provide the best answer for the statement.

1. Amenhotep IV was dedicated to Aten, the sun disk—so much so that he changed his own name to Akhenaten. He accordingly abolished the pantheon of Egyptian gods and established a religion in which Aten was worshiped exclusively.
2. Many Egyptologists argue that the switch, rather than reflective of a deeply held religious conviction, had to do with enhancing the power of the pharaoh. With the pharaoh representing the one god who mattered, all religious justification for the power held by a priesthood dedicated to the traditional gods was gone.