Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations and Tables ix
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Preface xix
6. Introduction xxi
7. PART ONE: Egypt and the Levant from Prehistoric Times to the Hyksos
8. CHAPTER ONE Villages, Camps, and the Rise of a Colossus 3
9. CHAPTER TWO Upper and Lower Egypt and the Walled Towns of Asia 29
10. CHAPTER THREE "Lo, the Vile Asiatic!" 56
11. CHAPTER FOUR "Trampling the Foreign Lands": Egypt and Asia during the Middle Kingdom 71
12. CHAPTER FIVE The Hyksos in Egypt 98
13. PART TWO: The Egyptian Empire in Asia
14. CHAPTER SIX "Extending the Frontiers of Egypt" 125
15. CHAPTER SEVEN The Empire of the New Kingdom 192
16. CHAPTER EIGHT Asia in Egypt: Mosaic, Not Melting Pot 214
17. PART THREE: The Great Migrations
18. CHAPTER NINE The Coming of the Sea Peoples 241
19. CHAPTER TEN "These are the Bene-Yisrael. . ." 257
20. PART FOUR: Egypt and the Hebrew Kingdoms
21. CHAPTER ELEVEN Horses and Pharaoh's Daughter: Egypt and the United Monarchy 283
22. CHAPTER TWELVE Egypt and Israel in the World of Assyria 312
23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Specter or Reality? The Question of Egyptian Influence on Israel of the Monarchy 365
24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Four Great Origin Traditions 395
25. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Egypt and the Fall of Judah 430
26. Epilogue 470
27. Index 473