This study of Egyptian-Canaanite interaction contributes to a growing interest in examining the role of social interaction between core civilisations and their less developed peripheries on social evolution. With contributions from some of the most eminent academics in the field, it tests a wide range of interaction models including the World Systems Theory and Peer Polity interaction, and approaches the subject from a variety of angles. The collection makes use of new developments in analytical methods such as archaeometallurgy and ceramic petrography to track ancient interaction. New information and reassessments of some of the most important recent discoveries using epigraphic data - hieroglyphic and pictographic evidence concerning Dynasty 0-Dynasty 1 presence in Palestine, for example - is also presented. Finally, the focus turns to the mechanisms of trade related to ancient sea faring and the overland caravan routes.