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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      29 May 2003
      ISBN:
      9780511482847
      9780521819244
      9780521044301
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482847
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.7kg, 360 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.534kg, 360 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies
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    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.

    Reviews

    '… one of the most influential books in recent years.'

    Source: Sehepunkte

    'In this important book, Manning offers a fundamental reassessment of the economic basis of the Ptolemaic state, and of the ways in which the state exercised economic power at the local level.'

    Source: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

    '[Manning] modestly describes this book as 'a prolegomenon to the study of the Ptolemaic economy'. It is also an essential contribution to the study of the Ptolemaic state and politics.'

    Source: Ancient West & East

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