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From the Ptolemies to the Romans - Political and Economic Change in Egypt (Paperback)
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From the Ptolemies to the Romans - Political and Economic Change in Egypt (Paperback)
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This book gives a structured account of Egypt's transition from
Ptolemaic to Roman rule by identifying key relationships between
ecology, land tenure, taxation, administration and politics. It
introduces theoretical perspectives from the social sciences and
subjects them to empirical scrutiny using data from Greek and
Demotic papyri as well as comparative evidence. Although building
on recent scholarship, it offers some provocative arguments that
challenge prevailing views. For example, patterns of land ownership
are linked to population density and are seen as one aspect of
continuity between the Ptolemaic and Roman period. Fiscal reform,
by contrast, emerges as a significant mechanism of change not only
in the agrarian economy but also in the administrative system and
the whole social structure. Anyone seeking to understand the impact
of Roman rule in the Hellenistic east must consider the
well-attested processes in Egypt that this book seeks to explain.
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