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Menes's reign of Egypt from 3407 to 3346 B.C. was treated as the dawn of Egyptian civilization in many classical histories, Menes was a ruler of Ancient Egypt at the end of the Predynastic Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period after the unification of Upper and lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt’s form of a civilization began with King Menes. He created the city of Memphis because of its location. It would be easy to defend against any attacks. During his reign he expanded his kingdom and developed commercial trade links.
King Menes he was married to Neithhotep. her name also appears on inscriptions found in tombs thought to belong to Hor-Aha and Dyer and it is possible that she was the mother of Hor-Aha. However, it is also proposed that she was the wife of Hor-Aha and the mother of Den.
Menes dead at the age of 63 after he was attacked by wild dogs or Nile crocodiles at Fayum, he died leaving a legacy of a powerful civilization, his tomb lies at Saqqara, A number of artifacts from his reign have been unearthed, such as inscribed potsherds and seal impressions from the First Dynasty tombs of Den and Ka at Abydos.
The most flourishing piece of evidence concerning the "Unifier of the Two Lands" is a slate palette found among the ruins of Nekhen, The slate depicts a king wearing the signature White Crown of the south with a mace held over his head, preparing to club a kneeling figure wearing the Red Crown of the north. Scholars all agree that Narmer was the king who took control of the north, but because it was traditional for Egyptian kings to be known by as many as five names, some Egyptologists are comfortable with the simple explanation that Menes and Narmer were two names used by the same man. The complications with the archaeological record arose when a piece of ivory label was found near Thebes, bearing the first and only contemporary mention of the fabled Menes.
