The last pharaohs Egypt under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC / J.G. Manning.

Author/creator Manning, Joseph Gilbert
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionxvi, 264 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009013223
ISBN9780691142623 (hbk. : alk. paper)