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Amenemhat II

20th–19th century BCE · 19th century BCE · Also known as Amenemhet II

Amenemhat II was the third king of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning for more than thirty years around the turn of the twentieth and nineteenth centuries BCE. His reign was largely peaceful and prosperous, with expeditions to Sinai and Punt and contacts with the Levant recorded in an annals inscription from Memphis. He was buried in a pyramid at Dahshur.

Amenemhat II
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Amenemhat II. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/amenemhat-ii
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