Inyotef II was the second king of the 11th Dynasty. The king ruled Egypt from 2064 till 2015 B.C. and took Thebes as the capitol during his reign. He was the younger brother of Inyotef I. The king led an army against his Herakloplitan allies in Assyout. His enemies ruined the city of Thinis and desecrated its tombs. Inyotef captured the entire nome but did not continue to fight the Heraklopolitans. He decided to trade with them and maintain the integrity of the Southern Kingdom without further wars. Inyotef II's wife was Queen Neferukayet. He was listed in the Westcar Papyrus and was inscribed on a mortuary stela.
With Egypt unified once more under Mentuhotep II the Asians are expelled from the delta and there is a return to foreign trade and enormous building projects. The conquest of Nubia begins and is completed by the 12th Dynasty.
There is a refinement in the making of jewellry and it is a golden age of art and craftsmanship. Prosperity returns to Egypt and trade increases with Palestine and Syria. Irrigation schemes and land reclamation take place in Al Fayoum.
Internal troubles begin to surface towards the latter end of the 12th Dynasty and the power of later kings, during the 13th & 14th Dynasties, is confined to Upper Egypt.
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