| Description |
xvi, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Egypt in the first millennium BC -- The historical understanding of the Ptolemaic state -- Moving beyond despotism, economic planning, and state banditry : Ptolemaic Egypt as a premodern state -- Shaping a new state : the political economy of the Ptolemies -- Creating a new economic order : economic life and economic policy under the Ptolemies -- Order and law shaping the law in a new state -- Conclusions -- Appendix: The trial record of the property dispute held at the Temple of Wepwawet in Asyut, Upper Egypt, 170 BC, before the local laokritai-judges. |
| Subject |
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
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Pharaohs -- History.
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State, The -- History.
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Egypt -- Politics and government -- 332 B.C.-30 B.C.
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Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte
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| Added Title |
Egypt under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC |
| ISBN |
9780691142623 hardback alkaline paper |
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0691142629 hardback alkaline paper |
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