Amenemhet IV

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Amenemhet IV
Rule1815 - 1806 BC.
PredecessorFather Amenemhet III
Motherunknown
Nomen (meaning of name)Amun is the foremost
Dynasty12th
ConsortsSobekneferu
Capital cityCrocodilopolis
SuccesorWife/Sister Sobekneferu

  • He shared the first year of his reign in co-regency with his father Amenemhet III.
  • He completed the Amenemhet's III temple at Medinet Madi in Fayum The only intact temple still existing from the Middle Kingdom
  • Inscriptions in Nubia also show that he still controlled the territory that was conquered by Senusret III
  • Amenemhat died without an eligible male heir, and was succeeded by his wife and sister Sobekneferu

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