| List of Illustrations and Tables | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Pt. 1 | Egypt and the Levart from Prehistoric Times to the Hyksos | |
| Ch. 1 | Village, Camps, and the Rise of a Colossus | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Upper and Lower Egypt and the Walled Towns of Asia | 29 |
| Ch. 3 | "Lo, the Vile Asiatic!" | 56 |
| Ch. 4 | "Trampling the Foreign Lands": Egypt and Asia during the Middle Kingdom | 71 |
| Ch. 5 | The Hyksos in Egypt | 98 |
| Pt. 2 | The Egyptian Empire in Asia | |
| Ch. 6 | "Extending the Frontiers of Egypt" | 125 |
| Ch. 7 | The Empire of the New Kingdom | 192 |
| Ch. 8 | Asia in Egypt: Mosaic, Not Melting Pot | 214 |
| Pt. 3 | The Great Migrations | |
| Ch. 9 | The Coming of the Sea Peoples | 241 |
| Ch. 10 | "These are the Bene-Yisrael. . .," | 257 |
| Pt. 4 | Egypt and the Hebrew Kingdoms | |
| Ch. 11 | Horses and Pharaoh's Daughter: Egypt and the United Monarchy | 283 |
| Ch. 12 | Egypt and Israel in the World of Assyria | 312 |
| Ch. 13 | Specter or Reality? The Question of Egyptian Influence on Israel of the Monarchy | 365 |
| Ch. 14 | Four Great Origin Traditions | 395 |
| Ch. 15 | Egypt and the Fall of Judah | 430 |
| Epilogue | 470 |
| Index | 473 |
