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This study investigates the forms of exchange of goods in the second half of the XVIIIth Egyptian Dynasty (Thutmose III to Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten) between Egypt and Western Asia, including Hatti, Mittanni, Babylon, Assyria, Alashiya and Canaan.
Its main aims are: a) to determine the role of the exchange of goods in the reorganization of the Egyptian state from Thutmose III on; b) to discern the innovations implemented in the exchanges between Egypt and the northern states during the reigns of Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV; c) to interpret the messages sent by the great kings with regard to the exchange of goods within the context of the ideology of each region; d) to determine the extent of economical, political, social and ideological relations within the framework of the circulation of goods.