Akhenaten's Monotheistic Revolution

Akhenaten woke up one day and decided Egypt's entire religious system needed to go. He declared Aten (the sun disk) as the only god, shut down temples, moved the capital to a brand new city called Amarna, and even changed his own name. It was the ancient world's most dramatic rebrand. The parallels with Israelite monotheism are wild — scholars still debate whether there's a connection.