The economies of Hellenistic societies, third to first centuries BC / edited by Zosia H. Archibald, John K. Davies and Vincent Gabrielsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Archibald, Zosia H., 1954-

Davies, John K. (John Kenyon), 1937-

Gabrielsen, Vincent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellenism.

Greece--Economic conditions--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Physical Description:

xvi, 460 p. : ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

A collection of essays investigating the economic transformations that took place in the states and kingdoms around the eastern Mediterranean following the conquests of Alexander the Great - changes which have had an enduring effect on global cultural patterns.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Contributors

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Jewish Subjects and Seleukid Kings: A Case Study of Economic Interaction

3. Mobility and Innovation in Hellenistic Economies: The Causes and Consequences of Human Traffic

4. Grain from Cyrene

5. Some Aspects of Large Estate Management in the Greek World During Classical and Hellenistic Times

6. The Impact of War on the Economy of Hellenistic Poleis: Demand Creation, Short-Term Influences, Long-Term Impacts

7. Divine Financiers: Cults as Consumers and Generators of Value

8. Observations on the Economy in Kind in Ptolemaic Egypt

9. The Well-Balanced Polis: Ephesos

10. Labour in the Hellenistic Economy: Slavery as a Test Case

11. Profitable Partnerships: Monopolies, Traders, Kings, and Cities

12. The Economy of Koile-Syria After the Seleukid Conquest: An Archaeological Contribution

13. Rhodian Transport Amphorae as a Source for Economic Ebbs and Flows in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Century BC

14. Networks, Hierarchies, and Markets in the Ptolemaic Economy

15. Autopsy of a Crisis: Wealth, Protogenes, and the City of Olbia in c.200 BC

16. Mobility, Society, and Economy in the Hellenistic Period

17. Inter-Regional Economies in the Aegean Basin

18. Animal Husbandry in Ptolemaic Egypt

19. The 'Silverization' of the Economy of the Achaemenid and Seleukid Empires and Early Modern China

20. Demand Creation, Comsumption, and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt

21. Afterword

Index of Sources

I Ancient authors

A

B

C

D

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

S

T

V

X

II Inscriptions

E

F

R

General Index

G

Q

U.

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0191618314

9780191618314

OCLC:

763157752