Egyptian-Canaanite relations were focused on trade during the Middle Kingdom.Relations in the early 12th Dynasty went along two different routes.The southern Levant was accessible by land,but there were also maritime contacts between Egypt and the southern Levant.As for the northern Levant,the maritime route was preferred.By the late 12th Dynasty and 13th Dynasty,archaeological evidence of trade between Egypt and the northern Levant consists of Canaanite pottery from Tell elDab'a,while evidence of trade with the southern Levant includes seals and pottery from Ashkelon.During the same period,Ashkelon served as an important harbor in the southern Levant,and Egyptian contacts with Byblos were renewed,which were recorded in the inscriptions of Khnumhotep at Dahshur.
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