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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Manning, Joseph Gilbert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
• Pharaohs--History.
• State, The--History.
• State, The.
• History.
• Pharaohs.
• Egypt--Politics and government--332 B.C.-30 B.C.
• Egypt--Economic conditions--332 B.C.-640 A.D.
• Egypt.
• Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780691142623
• 0691142629

OCLC:

318585610