Amenemhet II

Rule	1926 - 1887 BC.
Predecessor	Father Senusret I
Mother	Queen Nefru
Nomen (meaning of name)	Amun is the foremost
Dynasty	12th
Consorts	Mereret I
Capital city	Crocodilopolis
Achievements	Began irrigation projects in Fayum
Burial	Pyramid complex at Dahshur
Succesor	Son Senusret II out of Queen Mereret I

Extensive trading with the Near East

The canal (Bahr Yusuf canal) which leads to the Faiyum from the Nile was enlarged to help irrigation. This transformation project helped develop the marshlands surrounding Fayum into useable land, a task that many of his successors continued to support.

Little building projects, with the exception of his Pyramid the only important monument of his reign are the fragments of an annal stone found at Memphis

He abandoned the pyramid field at Lisht, where his father and grandfather built, and built his Middle kingdom Pyramid complex at Dahshur,near the Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid built by Snefru in the 4th Dynasty.