Amenhotep II«/b» (sometimes read as «i»Amenophis II«/i» and meaning «u»«i»Amun «/u» is Satisfied«/i») was the seventh «u»Pharaoh «/u» of the «u»18th dynasty «/u» of «u»Egypt «/u». Amenhotep inherited a vast kingdom from his father «u»Thutmose III «/u», and held it by means of a few military campaigns in Syria; however, he fought much less than his father, and his reign saw the effective cessation of hostilities between Egypt and «u»Mitanni «/u», the major kingdoms vying for power in Syria. His reign is «u»usually dated from 1427 to 1400 BC «/u».