The last pharaohs: Egypt under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC

Abstract

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Abbreviations xv INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1: Egypt in the First Millennium BC 19 CHAPTER 2: The Historical Understanding of the Ptolemaic State 29 CHAPTER 3: Moving beyond Despotism, Economic Planning, and State Banditry 55 Ptolemaic Egypt as a Premodern State CHAPTER 4: Shaping a New State 73 The Political Economy of the Ptolemies CHAPTER 5: Creating a New Economic Order 117 Economic Life and Economic Policy under the Ptolemies CHAPTER 6: Order and Law 165 Shaping the Law in a New State CHAPTER 7: Conclusions 202 APPENDIX 207 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 217 Index 259 Index of Sources 263

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