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Nubkaure Amenemhat II, also known as Amenemhet II, was the third pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of ancient Egypt.[1]

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  1. 59 relations: Aegean civilization, Amenemhat (nomarch, 16th nome), Amenemhatankh, Amenhotep (treasurer), Ameny (general), Ameny (vizier under Amenemhat II), Amethyst, Amun, Ancient Egypt, Annals of Amenemhat II, Beni Hasan, Coregency, Dahshur, El-Tod, Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Great Sphinx of Tanis, Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heracleopolis Magna, Hermopolis, High steward (Ancient Egypt), Horus, Iry-pat, Ita (princess), Itaweret, Jacques de Morgan, Keminub, Khenemetneferhedjet I, Khenmet, Kingdom of Kush, Lisht, Maa Kheru, Maat, Memphis, Egypt, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Montu, Mortuary temple, Neferu III, Nile Delta, Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nofret II, Nomarch, Nubia, Pergamon Museum, Pharaoh, Red Pyramid, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Senet (queen), Senusret (vizier), Senusret I, Senusret II, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. 19th-century BC deaths
  3. 19th-century BC pharaohs
  4. 20th-century BC pharaohs
  5. Pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt

Aegean civilization

Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea.

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Amenemhat (nomarch, 16th nome)

Amenemhat, often reported with his short form Ameny (Jmnjj), was an ancient Egyptian "Overlord of the Oryx nome" (the 16th nome of Upper Egypt) and chief priest during the reign of pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty (20th century BCE).

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Amenemhatankh

Amenemhatankh (his name means “Amenemhat lives”) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 12th Dynasty, son or brother of Amenemhat II.

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Amenhotep (treasurer)

Amenhotep was an ancient Egyptian treasurer and royal sealer of the Thirteenth Dynasty (around 1750 BC).

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Ameny (general)

Ameny was an ancient Egyptian official of the Twelfth Dynasty, most likely in office under king Amenemhat II.

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Ameny (vizier under Amenemhat II)

Ameny was an ancient Egyptian vizier under Middle Kingdom king Amenemhat II, around 1900 BC, in the Twelfth Dynasty.

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Amethyst

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz.

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Amun

Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Annals of Amenemhat II

Several fragments belonging to the Annals of Amenemhat II are known from Memphis in Egypt.

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Beni Hasan

Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) (بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery.

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Coregency

A coregency is the situation where a monarchical position (such as prince, princess, king, queen, emperor or empress), normally held by only a single person, is held by two or more.

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Dahshur

DahshurAlso transliterated Dahshour (in English often called Dashur; دهشور, Dahchur) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis and shares the name of the nearby village of Manshiyyat Dahshur (Arabic: منشأة دهشور) in markaz Badrashin, Giza.

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El-Tod

El-Tod (طود, from) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the Egyptian god Montu.

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Fourth Dynasty of Egypt

The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.

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Great Sphinx of Tanis

The Great Sphinx of Tanis is a granite sculpture of a sphinx, whose date may be as early as the 26th century BC.

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Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)

Heliopolis (Jwnw, Iunu; jwnw, 'the Pillars'; ⲱⲛ; City of the Sun) was a major city of ancient Egypt.

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Heracleopolis Magna

Heracleopolis Magna (Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, Megálē Herakléous pólis), Heracleopolis (Ἡρακλεόπολις, Herakleópolis) or Herakleoupolis (Ἡρακλεούπολις) is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt, known in Ancient Egyptian as nn nswt.

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Hermopolis

Hermopolis (Ἑρμούπολις Hermoúpolis "the City of Hermes", also Hermopolis Magna, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μεγάλη Hermoû pólis megálẽ, Eight, Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Shmun, and thus The Two Shmun) was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt.

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High steward (Ancient Egypt)

The high steward (also called chief steward or great overseer of the house; Egyptian: imi-r pr wr) was an important official at the royal court in Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom and in the New Kingdom.

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Horus

Horus, also known as Hor, in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as the god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky.

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Iry-pat

Iry-pat (jrj-pꜥt "member of the elite") was an ancient Egyptian ranking title, that is a title announcing a high position in the hierarchy of the country.

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Ita (princess)

Ita was an Ancient Egyptian king's daughter who lived in the 12th Dynasty around 1850 BC.

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Itaweret

Itaweret (Ita-the elder) was an Ancient Egyptian king's daughter who lived in the 12th Dynasty around 1850 BC.

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Jacques de Morgan

Jean-Jacques de Morgan (3 June 1857 – 14 June 1924) was a French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist.

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Keminub

Keminub was an ancient Egyptian woman with the title king's wife.

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Khenemetneferhedjet I

Khenemetneferhedjet I Weret was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 12th Dynasty, a wife of Senusret II and the mother of Senusret III.

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Khenmet

Khenmet or Khnumit was an ancient Egyptian king's daughter of the Twelfth Dynasty, around 1800 BC.

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Kingdom of Kush

The Kingdom of Kush (Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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Lisht

Lisht or el-Lisht (translit) is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo.

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Maa Kheru

Maa Kheru (mꜣꜥ ḫrw) is a phrase meaning "true of voice" or "justified"Allen, James P. (2000).

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Maat

Maat or Maʽat (Egyptian: ''mꜣꜥt'' /ˈmuʀʕat/, Coptic: ⲙⲉⲓ) comprised the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice.

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Memphis, Egypt

Memphis (Manf,; Bohairic ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Μέμφις), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("North").

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Middle Kingdom of Egypt

The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period.

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Montu

Montu was a falcon-god of war in the ancient Egyptian religion, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the pharaoh.

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Mortuary temple

Mortuary temples (or funerary temples) were temples that were erected adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, royal tombs in Ancient Egypt.

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Neferu III

Neferu (English: Beauty) was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 12th Dynasty.

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Nile Delta

The Nile Delta (دلتا النيل, or simply الدلتا) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt

The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC.

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Nofret II

Nofret II (her name means Beautiful One) was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 12th dynasty.

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Nomarch

A nomarch (νομάρχης, ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces, called nomes (singular spꜣ.t, plural spꜣ.wt).

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Nubia

Nubia (Nobiin: Nobīn) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.

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Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany.

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Pharaoh

Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.

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Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt.

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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (English: National Museum of Antiquities) is the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden.

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Senet (queen)

Senet was an ancient Egyptian king's wife and king's mother, known from three statues, that date to the Middle Kingdom, perhaps to the 12th Dynasty.

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Senusret (vizier)

Senusret was an Ancient Egyptian official who was a vizier during the last years of king Senusret I's rule and in the first years of Amenemhat II.

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Senusret I

Senusret I (Middle Egyptian: z-n-wsrt; /suʀ nij ˈwas.ɾiʔ/) also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. Amenemhat II and Senusret I are 20th-century BC pharaohs and pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Senusret II

Senusret II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. Amenemhat II and Senusret II are 19th-century BC deaths, 19th-century BC pharaohs and pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Siese

Siese (zꜣ-ꜣst "son of Isis", Egyptological pronunciation: Zaaset) was a vizier and treasurer of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

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Sneferu

Sneferu (snfr-wj "He has perfected me", from Ḥr-nb-mꜣꜥt-snfr-wj "Horus, Lord of Maat, has perfected me", also read Snefru or Snofru), well known under his Hellenized name Soris (Σῶρις by Manetho), was the founding pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.

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Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt

The Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XIII) was a series of rulers from approximately 1803 BC until approximately 1649 BC, i.e. for 154 years.

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Treasurer (Ancient Egypt)

The Treasurer (or often also translated as Chancellor) in Ancient Egypt is the modern translation of the title imi-r ḫtmt (word by word: Overseer of the Seal or Overseer of sealed things).

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Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt

The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII) is a series of rulers reigning from 1991–1802 BC (190 years), at what is often considered to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom (Dynasties XI–XIV).

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Vizier (Ancient Egypt)

The vizier was the highest official in ancient Egypt to serve the pharaoh (king) during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

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Wadi el-Hudi

The Wadi el-Hudi is a wadi in Southern Egypt, in the Eastern Desert.

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White Pyramid

The White Pyramid (الهرمالأبيض|translit.

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See also

19th-century BC deaths

19th-century BC pharaohs

20th-century BC pharaohs

Pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenemhat_II

Also known as Amenemhet II.

, Siese, Sinai Peninsula, Sneferu, Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Treasurer (Ancient Egypt), Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Vizier (Ancient Egypt), Wadi el-Hudi, White Pyramid.