Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt
Title | Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | J. G. Manning |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 361 |
Release | 2003-05-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139436619 |
This history of land tenure under the Ptolemies explores the relationship between the new Ptolemaic state and the ancient traditions of landholding and tenure. Departing from the traditional emphasis on the Fayyum, it offers a coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state, and thus of the economy as a whole. Drawing on both Greek and demotic papyri, as well as hieroglyphic inscriptions and theories taken from the social sciences, Professor Manning argues that the traditional central state 'despotic' model of the Egyptian economy is insufficient. The result is a subtler picture of the complex relationship between the demands of the new state and the ancient, locally organized social structure of Egypt. By revealing the dynamics between central and local power in Egypt, the book shows that Ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped Roman Egyptian social and economic institutions.
Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt
Title | Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Gilbert Manning |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 2003-05-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521819244 |
This history of land tenure under the Ptolemies explores the relationship between the new Ptolemaic state and the ancient traditions of landholding and tenure. Departing from the traditional emphasis on the Fayyum, it offers a coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state, and thus of the economy as a whole. Drawing for the first time on both Greek and demotic papyri, as well as hieroglyphic inscriptions and theories taken from the social sciences, Professor Manning argues that the traditional central state â€~despotic' model of the Egyptian economy is insufficient. The result is a subtler picture of the complex relationship between the demands of the new state and the ancient, locally-organized social structure of Egypt. By revealing the dynamics between central and local power in Egypt, the book shows that Ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped Roman Egyptian social and economic institutions.
The Last Pharaohs
Title | The Last Pharaohs PDF eBook |
Author | J. G. Manning |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 282 |
Release | 2012-10-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0691156387 |
Presents a history of Ptolemaic Egypt as a state, covering such topics as economic conditions, order and law, and politics.
Empires of the Sea
Title | Empires of the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 371 |
Release | 2019-10-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004407677 |
Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.
Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt
Title | Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Christelle Fischer-Bovet |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 475 |
Release | 2014-04-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107007755 |
This book examines how the army developed as an engine of socio-economic and cultural integration in Egypt under Greco-Macedonian rule.
The Ancient Egyptian Economy
Title | The Ancient Egyptian Economy PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Muhs |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 405 |
Release | 2016-08-02 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107113369 |
The first economic history of ancient Egypt employing a New Institutional Economics approach and covering the entire pharaonic period, 3000-30 BCE.
Hellenistic Egypt
Title | Hellenistic Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Bingen |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780520251410 |
"The most comprehensive account of the economy, society, and culture of Hellenistic Egypt available in English."--J.G. Manning, author of Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt: The Structure of Land Tenure