Did king menes rule in north or south Egypt?

Answer 1

King Menes was a ruler of southern Egypt, which is strangely called 'upper Egypt', due to the fact that the Nile is one of the few rivers flowing from South to North (while northern Egypt is called lower Egypt). Menes is also traditionally given credit with finally unifying southern and northern Egypt, so technically, he ruled both (but he ruled the south before this unification). The actual unification was probably a gradually process of hundreds of years (or maybe only a century, historians aren't sure). BUT, Menes is traditionally given the honor of unifying them regardless.