for hunting and fishing, a project continued by his successors and which "matured" during the reign of his grandson Amenemhat III. To set off this project, Senusret II developed an irrigation system with a dyke and a network of canals which siphoned water from Lake Moeris. The land reclaimed in this project was then farmed.

Cults honouring the crocodile god Sobek were prominent at the time.

Activities outside Egypt

Senusret II's reign ushered in a

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