WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -While early Egyptian rulers were called “kings, ‘’ over time, the name “pharaoh” stuck. As the religious leader of the Egyptians, the pharaoh was considered the divine intermediary between the gods and Egyptians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first ruler of Egypt to call himself Pharaoh was Thutmose III who ruled for 54 years from the years of 1479 BCE to 1425 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pharaoh was a title used since the New Kingdom for the king of Upper and Lower Egypt. The term goes back to the Egyptian word Per aa ‘big house‘, which was originally neither a ruler nor a proper name, but the name for the royal court or palace. As a name for the person of the king it came only from Thutmose III.