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12th Dynasty

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Twelfth Dynasty: name of the main dynasty of kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".

Senusret I

After a crisis in the Eleventh Dynasty, king Amunemhet I restores order
A new royal residence is created, Itj-tawi (which has not been identified but must be somewhere near Memphis)
King Senusret I invades Nubia
Senusret III

King Senusret I starts a building program (a/o Thebes and a pyramid near Lisht)
King Senusret II stats developing the Fayyum
Senusret III campaigns in Nubia (where a border stele has been found near the Second Cataract) and in the Levant. He makes a lasting impression: he lives on as Herodotus' "Sesostris", the man who conquered the whole world.
King Amunemhet III continues the development of the Fayyum
Queen Sobeknofru is the last ruler of this dynasty

Karnak, Senusret I	Senusret III	Senusret III	Amunemhet III
Portrait of an old king Amunemhet III	Amunemhet III	Sphinx of Amunemhet III	Lisht, Amunemhet IV

Sehetepibra Amunemhet I

Kheperkara Senusret I

Nubkaura Amunemhet II

Khakheperra Senusret II

Khakaura Senusret III

Nymara Amunemhet III

Makhurera Amunemhet IV

Sobhkara Sobeknofru

Thebes-West, Statuette of a woman	Semna, Border stele of Senusret III	Stele of Saisis	Statuette of a cloaked man
Relief with a hunt	Egyptian dagger	Statue of Seshen-Sa-Hathor the Magician	Thebes, Statuette of a hippopotamus