He continued the military campaigns of his father, including several campaigns in Syria.
Inscriptions tell of a battle in which he captured seven Syrian princes, had them executed, and hung their bodies from the walls of a temple in Thebes
Amenemhet II built monuments all over Egypt, including additions to the temple of Amun at Karnak.
He built a temple to Horemakhet in Giza and had monuments from the Delta to Nubia with his name.
Other than his mother, Amenhotep II made public none of his wives,
he rejected the role played by women as "god's wives of Amun", and realized that Queens such as the previous Hatshepsut, could be dangerous if they became too powerful.
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