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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.
Inspired by the new fiscal history, this book represents the first
global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a
rich variety of institutions, including experiments with
sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary
money, challenging the notion of a typical premodern stage of
fiscal development. The studies also reveal patterns and
correlations across widely dispersed societies that shed light on
the basic factors driving the intensification, abatement, and
innovation of fiscal regimes. Twenty scholars have contributed
perspectives from a wide range of fields besides history, including
anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. The
volume's coverage extends beyond Europe, the Mediterranean, and the
Near East to East Asia and the Americas, thereby transcending the
Eurocentric approach of most scholarship on fiscal history.
Inspired by the new fiscal history, this book represents the first
global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a
rich variety of institutions, including experiments with
sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary
money, challenging the notion of a typical premodern stage of
fiscal development. The studies also reveal patterns and
correlations across widely dispersed societies that shed light on
the basic factors driving the intensification, abatement, and
innovation of fiscal regimes. Twenty scholars have contributed
perspectives from a wide range of fields besides history, including
anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. The
volume's coverage extends beyond Europe, the Mediterranean, and the
Near East to East Asia and the Americas, thereby transcending the
Eurocentric approach of most scholarship on fiscal history.
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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