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	12th Dynasty - Amenemhat II - Senusret II
		Amenemhet II was the son of Senusret I and one of his chief queens, Nefru.
		In view of the long reign of his predecessor, it is not impossible that Amenemhat II was already quite aged when he came to the throne, in which case a shorter reign is to be favored.
		Senusret II built a unique statue shrine of Qasr es-Sagha on the north eastern corner of the region, though it was left undecorated and incomplete.
	www.crystalinks.com /dynasty12b.html (3404 words)

	The Ancient Egypt Site - Amenemhat II
		According to Manetho, Amenemhat II ruled for 38 years, a number which is generally accepted.
		In view of the long reign of his predecessor, it is not impossible that Amenemhat II was already quite aged when he came to the throne, in which case a shorter reign is to be favoured.
		Amenemhat shared the throne with his father as the junior partner in a co-regency during the first three years of his reign.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /kings/1203_amenemhat_ii/history.html (541 words)

	Amenemhat II...Egypt Travel Guide online
		It is tempting to explain this co-regency as a way of the ageing Sesostris to make sure that the royal line would be preserved and that his son would not have to face the same problems that he himself probably had to face at the start of his own reign.
		It is possible that Amenemhat sought to create a relationship between his dynasty and that of Snofru by doing so.
		The pyramid complex is poorly preserved and is mostly known because of the exquisite jewelry that was found in some of the tombs of Amenemhat's daughters, located in the forecourt of the complex.
	www.memphistours.com /Egypt.php?ID=162 (426 words)

	The Ancient Egypt Site - The White Pyramid of Amenemhat II at Dashur
		Amenemhat II was the first king after 4th Dynasty king Snofru, many centuries before, to return to Dashur.
		The tombs of two daughters of Amenehat II, Khnumet and Ita, were found to contain jewellery and some personal items of these princesses.
		Crude map of the funerary complex of Amenemhat II.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /topography/dashur/amenemhat_ii/index.html (467 words)

	Egyptian Chronology
		1985-1956 BC Reign of Amenemhat I. 1956-1911 BC Reign of Sesostris I. Pyramdi temple of Sesostris I at Lisht.
		1877-1777 BC Reigns of Senusret II and III, Amenemhat II and IV.
		945-924 BC Reign of Sheshonq I. 924-889 BC Reign of Osorkon I. 874-850 BC Reign of Osorkon II.
	www.hixenbaugh.net /hixenbaugh_ancient_art_website_228.htm (440 words)

	The Global Egyptian Museum \| 12th Dynasty
		After the vizier Amenemhat at the end of the 11th Dynasty was able to prevent Egypt from falling apart, he seized power himself and became the first king of the 12th Dynasty.
		Amenemhat I built his pyramid near the residence at el-Lisht, partly using stones from older constructions.
		Near Hawwara is the pyramid of Amenemhat III with the so-called Labyrinth nearby; a second pyramid belonging to this king is at Dahshour.
	www.globalegyptianmuseum.com /glossary.aspx?id=3 (489 words)

	Amenemhat II (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Amenemhat II Amenemhat II was co-ruler with his father Senusret I for three years.
		Upon his father’s death, Amenemhat II became the third king of the 12th Dynasty.
		Amenemhat II built a pyramid complex at Dashur.
	www.charlesmiller.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /fla/pharaohs/ph0081.htm (73 words)

	Senusret II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Senusret II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.
		Senusret II took a great deal of interest in the Faiyum oasis region and began work on an extensive irrigation system from the Bahr Yusuf through to Lake Moeris by means the construction of a dyke at El-Lahun here and the addition of a network of drainage canals.
		Unlike his successor, Senusret II maintained good relations with the various local and influential nomarchs or provincial governors of Egypt who were almost as wealthy as Pharaoh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Senusret_II (603 words)

	Senusert I's pyramid
		The necropolis of El-Lisht included the pyramid complexes of the two earliest rulers of the XIIth dynasty, who were Amenemhat I and Senusert I (1985-1920 BC).
		Amenemhat I and three years in co-regency with his son Amenemhat II, he was finally buried in the pyramid, which he had built along side that of his father at El-Lisht.
		Finally, it must be supposed that the sarcophagus was lowered through a shaft above the burial chamber during the construction of the pyramid.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0121761/19.htm (741 words)

	XIIth Dynasty
		Senweseret II was the father of Senweseret III and Senweseret-Seneb and princesses: Sathathor-Junat, Hatshepsut, Nofret, Itakait.
		Amenemhat exploited turquoise mines in Sinai and quarries at wadi Hammamat, Tura, Toshka, Wadi el-Hudi.
		She was younger sister (and wife) of Amenemhat IV, presumably daughter of Amenemhat III.
	free.of.pl /n/narmer/dyn/12en.htm (1333 words)

	Discoveries of jewellery
		The most important pieces are a pectoral with the name of Senusert II, a scarab with the name of Senusert III, bracelet-clasps, gold shell- pendants, gold amulets in the form of lions, cowrie-beads from a girdle, two cylindrical pendant-amulets, claw-pendants from anklets and some loose beads.
		She had a pectoral with the name of his husband, a pectoral with the name of Amenemhat III, rings with granular decorations, cylindrical pendant amulets, oyster- shell amulets, leopard-(or lioness) head and cowrie-beads from girdles, motto-clasps, lion-amulets from bracelets, mace-head beads, claw-amulets from anklets and scarabs with the names of Amenemhat III and Meret.
		She was the wife of Sekenenre Taa II and the mother of Kamosi and of Amosis, the treasure comprises ceremonial axes, daggers, bracelets, an inlaid pectoral, a scarab on a gold chain, three large fly-amulets, a gold collar composed of many small amulets, the handle of a fan, another collar and silver models of boats.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0121761/37.htm (591 words)

	kingdoms
		Amenemhat I was murdered, and was succeeded by his son Senusert I (1956-1911).
		Senusert was I succeeded by Amenemhat II (1911-1877), who built a poorly preserved pyramid at Dahshur.
		Amenemhat III was succeeded by Amenemhat IV (1786-1777), his grandson.
	www.arabworldbooks.com /egyptomania/kingdoms.htm (2188 words)

	Queen's of Egypt
		Ankhespepy, wife of Pepy II and mother of Neferkare I. Iput II, daughter of Nemtyemsaf II and second chief wife of Pepy II.
		Neferytotenen, chief wife of Amenemhat I and mother to Senwosre I. Dedyet, sister and wife of Amenemhat I. Sobek'neferu, wife of Amenemhat I.
		Meritamen I, chief wife of Amenhotep I. Ahhotep II, wife and sister of Amenhotep I. Ahmose Tumerisy, chief wife of Thutmose I and mother of Hatshepsut.
	lavender.fortunecity.com /stroheim/323/queens.html (924 words)

	Flinders Petrie's Researches in Sinai, Chapter VII, History and Purpose of the Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Soon after him we find Amenemhat I, the founder of the XIIth dynasty, leaving the base of a statuette here, and having also a statuette for which a regular place was appropriated in the temple.
		Of Amenemhat II there is one great Bethel stele and part of another, three mine and quarry inscriptions, a statuette of Hat.hor dedicated by his ship-master named Sneferu, and other remains.
		Ramessu II rebuilt the sanctuary wall, and erected several steles, one on the north of the entrance.
	www.serendipity.li /petrie/chap7.htm (4129 words)

	History guide for Egypt by Hostelbookers
		Amenemhat returned the capital to Memphis and safeguarded the Nile Delta from raiders by constructing the Walls of the Prince, a fortified cordon sanitaire.
		Under Amenemhat's son, Senusert I (aka Sesostris I), the administrative capital was transferred to the Fayoum, where massive waterworks were undertaken.
		Amenemhat II curbed the power of the nomarchs, while Senusert III may have abolished the office completely.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/egypt/114451 (345 words)

	Glossary
		A chancellor and overseer of troops during the reign of Mentuhotep II.
		A god of the dead who is shown as a jackal or as a man with a head of jackal.
		A son of Ramses II and the royal wife Isetnofret.
	www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg /glossary.asp (2371 words)

	Egypt: Tour Egypt Monthly: Queens of Ancient Egypt, Part II
		A story narrated during the reign of "Amenemhat II" by a ship captain who had been to a magic island in the sea far south beyond Nubia.
		As the reign of "Thotmose II" lasted less than the 30 years to celebrate the festival of "Sed", and probably due to Hatshepsut’s — his wife — reverence to her father’s memory, the obelisk was left untouched, and came later to inscribe on it, beside two other ones which she were cut during her reign.
		This was her title during the life of her husband "Thotmose II" when her father was buried, and she was never called so when her own tomb was built.
	www.touregypt.net /magazine/mag03012001/magf6.htm (5802 words)

	Middle Kingdom of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amenemhat I built a new capital for Egypt, known as Itjtawy.
		Senusret's successor Amenemhat II (1929 BC - 1895 BC) made the position of the nomarchs hereditary again (thus weakening the centralized government) and established trade connections with Nubia.
		The sister of Amenemhat IV briefly reigned as Queen Sobekneferu (1807 BC - 1803 BC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt (842 words)

	Twelfth dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Senusret's successor Amenemhat III reaffirmed his predecessor's foreign policy.
		However, after Amenemhat, the energies of this dynasty were largely spent, and the growing troubles of government were left to the dynasty's last ruler, Queen Sobekneferu, to resolve.
		Amenemhat was remembered for the mortuary temple at Hawara that he built, known to Herodotus, Diodorus, and Strabo as the "Labyrinth".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twelfth_dynasty_of_Egypt (576 words)

	ANCIENT EGYPT : The Wisdom of Amenemhat
		Our instruction was widely read down into the Late Period, and has been seen by scholars as the "inaugural address" of Pharaoh Senusret I. Because of the divine nature of kingship, regicide was a theme that could not be treated openly (the same reticence is felt regarding the murder of Osiris).
		He undertook building projects and dispatched his vizier Amenemhat to head an army of workers at the quarries of the Wadi Hammamat for his intended royal tomb.
		Though the thirty-year rule of Pharaoh Amenemhat I ended with his murder, his reign was successful.
	www.sofiatopia.org /maat/amenemhat.htm (2095 words)

	Amenemhet 2
		Amenemhet II was the son of Sesostris I, and was to reign Egypt for a peaceful 34 years.
		Amenemhet II decided to build his pyramid at Dahshur, east of the 4th Dynasty pyramids of Snefru.
		It was built of limestone (giving it the name of the 'White Pyramid') but over the centuries all the stone has been robbed away - all that remains now is the orignal core of the pyramid, a mound of eroded mud brick.
	members.tripod.com /~ib205/amenemhet_2.html (264 words)

	king list
		Neferirkare II The attribution of the nomens Imhotep and Iti (from graffiti in the Wadi Hammamat) is very uncertain.
		Neferkaure is generally identified with Horus Kha[bau?] and Neferirkare II with Horus Demedjibtawy of the Coptus Decrees, but this is uncertain.
		Overweaning ambition and greed in the royal family was the cause of frequent palace coups and assasinations, with kings and despots frequently losing and regaining the throne (all of which tends to confuse the chronology).
	www.cofc.edu /~piccione/graphics/kinglist.html (1251 words)

	The Middle Kingdom
		Mentuhope II reigned over Egypt for fifty years and re-established political and social order, which in turn revived the economic and artistic development that characterized the glory of the Pharaohs.
		Al Fayoum became the capital of the Middle Kingdom during the reign of Amenemhat's son Senusert I. His successors Amenemhat II and Senusert III built the last pyramids in Lahun, Lisht and Hawara.
		During this long period provincial governors or monarchs began to vie for power and threaten the Pharaonic authority and it is said that the power of the monarchs was gradually eliminated.
	goegypt.org /aboutegy/history/5-themiddlekingdom.htm (265 words)

	Egypt: Amenemhet II (Amenemhat II) , 3rd King of the 12th Dynasty
		There were also expeditions to the south and the biography in the tomb of a Amenemhet at Beni Hassan mentions an expedition to Kush (Upper, or southern Nubia) and also a visit to the East African kingdom of Punt by the king's official, Khentykhetaywer.
		In fact, the nomarchs began to disappear during the time of Senusret III because of a practice that was probably initiated by Amenemhet II.
		His is also attested to by a stele with his name found in the Wadi Um Balad, a gateway at Hermopolis, a large sphinx with his inscription now in the Louvre museum, and he is mentioned in several inscriptions near Aswan, together with his son.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/amenemhet2.htm (1381 words)

	IV HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The tombs are TT 48 (Amenemhat), TT 55 (Ramose), TT 57 (Khaemhat), and TT 192 (Kheruef).
		Next the lunar date of year 52 or Ramses II is examined, on which basis the accession must have taken place in 1311 B.C. Evidence supporting this unanticipated accession year is sought from Hittite-Egyptian synchronism.
		In his year 5 Ramses II had also the wider reaching goal of conquering new territories in the Hittite empire, and the protection of the Egyptian possessions against a possible attack of the enemy.
	www.leidenuniv.nl /nino/aeb96/aeb96_4.html (7399 words)

	Virtual Egyptian - Wood statue of Amenemhat II, Dyn. 12 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wooden statuette of King Amen-Em-Hat II, shown in daily life, wearing a robe on which is woven his ‘Royal Name of Horus’ Nub-Kaw-Ra (“How golden are the spirits of Ra”).
		Nevertheless, he is very much like the statues from the Delta: the full cheeks, the modeling of the cheekbones and lower eyelids, the full mouth framed with deep furrows, the shape of the eyes...
		Under his rule, and that of his son Senusret II, Egypt enjoyed an uninterrupted period of peace and started to play a key political and diplomatic role in the Near-East.
	www.virtual-egyptian-museum.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Collection/Content/WOD.XL.00172.html (404 words)

	Amenemmes I,II,III
		Pharaoh of Dynasty XI After succeeding his father, Senusret I, Amenemhet II ruled for 34 years.
		Amenemhet II continued the foreign policy of his predecessors and carried on peaceful relations with Near East powers.
		The building project of note by Amenemhet III was the temple built at Kiman Faris in honor of the crocodile god Sobek.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/people/amenemhet.html (415 words)

	Abridged List of Rulers: Ancient Egypt and Nubia \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The most famous are the Palermo Stone, which covers the period from the earliest dynasties to the middle of Dynasty 5; the Abydos Kinglist, which Seti I had carved on his temple at Abydos; and the Turin Canon, a papyrus that covers the period from the earliest dynasties to the reign of Ramesses II.
		400 B.C. Amyrtaios II Dynasty 29, 399–380 B.C. Nepherites I
		393–380 B.C. Nepherites II Dynasty 30, 380–343 B.C. Nectanebo I
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/phar/hd_phar.htm (587 words)

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