Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Preface and Acknowledgements xvii
4. Transcription and Phonetics xxvii
5. Maps and Charts xxxi
6. Chronological Tables xlix
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Crete Before the Palaces, 7000–2100 BC 77
9. 2. Egypt’s Influence on Boiotia and the Peloponnese in the Third Millennium, I: The Cultic, Mythical and Legendary Evidence 95
10. 3. Egypt’s Influence on Boiotia and the Peloponnese in the Third Millennium, II: The Archaeological Evidence 151
11. 4. The Old Palace Period in Crete and the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 2100–1730 BC 189
12. 5. Sesōstris, I: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence for the Greek Accounts of His Conquest 230
13. 6. Sesōstris, II: The Cultic, Mythical and Legendary Evidence 291
14. 7. The Thera Eruption: From the Aegean to China 338
15. 8. The Hyksos 395
16. 9. Crete, Thera and the Birth of Mycenaean culture in the 18th and 17th Centuries BC: A Hyksos Invasion? 445
17. 10. Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Levantine Contacts with the Aegean: The Documentary Evidence 505
18. 11. Egyptian and Levantine Contacts with the Aegean, 1550–1250 BC: The Archaeological Evidence 551
19. 12. The Heroic End to the Heroic Age: The fall of Thebes, Troy and Mycenae 1250–1150 BC 613
20. Conclusion 646
21. Notes 653
22. Glossary 753
23. Bibliography 767
24. Index 865
25. About the Author 881