House of Amenemhat

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The House of Amenemhat was a Twelfth Dynasty royal family of ancient Egypt that oversaw a period of political stability, administrative reform, and major building projects in the Middle Kingdom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Amenemhat canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
administrativeCenter Itjtawy ⓘ
associatedWork Instruction of Amenemhat ⓘ
Tale of Sinuhe ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Sinuhe
capital Itjtawy ⓘ
conducted military campaigns in Nubia ⓘ
military campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
dynastyNumber 12 ⓘ
engagedIn fortification building ⓘ
irrigation projects ⓘ
pyramid construction ⓘ
temple construction ⓘ
era Middle Kingdom ⓘ
founder Amenemhat I ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
knownFor administrative reform ⓘ
major building projects ⓘ
political stability ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
maintained standing army ⓘ
notableRuler Amenemhat I ⓘ
Amenemhat II ⓘ
Amenemhat III ⓘ
Amenemhat IV ⓘ
Senusret I ⓘ
Senusret II ⓘ
Senusret III ⓘ
Sobekneferu ⓘ
partOf Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
patronOf Amun cult ⓘ
linked to: Amun cult of Thebes

Osiris cult ⓘ
predecessor Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
promoted art ⓘ
literature ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
reorganized provincial administration ⓘ
strengthened central bureaucracy ⓘ
successor Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
territorialExtent Lower Egypt ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
usedRoyalIconography Middle Kingdom style ⓘ
usedTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senusret II → royalHouse → House of Amenemhat ⓘ
Amenemhat II → royalHouse → House of Amenemhat ⓘ
Amenemhat III → royalHouse → House of Amenemhat ⓘ
Sehetepibre → associatedWithRoyalHouse → House of Amenemhat ⓘ