Author: Theodore Cressy SkeatPublisher: C.H.Beck
ISBN:
Category : Calendar, Egyptian
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Reigns of the Ptolemies
Author: Theodore Cressy SkeatPublisher: C.H.Beck
ISBN:
Category : Calendar, Egyptian
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Ancient Egyptian Economy
Author: Brian MuhsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107113369
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
The first economic history of ancient Egypt employing a New Institutional Economics approach and covering the entire pharaonic period, 3000-30 BCE.
A History of the Ptolemaic Empire
Author: Günther HölblPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135119767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This compelling narrative provides the only comprehensive guide in English to the rise and decline of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt over three centuries - from the death of Alexander in 323 BC to the tragic deaths of Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BC. The skilful integration of material from a vast array of sources allows the reader to trace the political and religious development of one of the most powerful empires of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. It shows how the success of the Ptolemies was due in part to their adoption of many features of the Egyptian Pharaohs who preceded them - their deification and funding of cults and temples throughout Egypt.
Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra
Author: Michel ChauveauPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801485763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Few other civilizations rival Ancient Egypt in its power to capture the modern imagination, and Cleopatra VII, monarch at the end of the Ptolemaic period, has always been preeminent among its cast of characters. Coming to power just before the unstable state was about to be absorbed into an autocratic empire, Cleopatra oversaw not only Egypt's progress as an influential regional power but also the fragile peace of its ethnically mixed population.Michel Chauveau looks at many facets of life under this queen and her dynasty, drawing on such sources as firsthand accounts, numismatics, and Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. His use of such sources helps to free the narrative of dependence on later (and usually hostile) Greek and Roman historians. By taking up such subjects as funeral customs, language and writing, social class structure, religion, and administration, he affords the reader an unprecedented and comprehensive picture of Greek and Egyptian life in both the cities and the countryside.Originally published in French in 1997, Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra fulfills a long-standing need for an accessible introduction to the social, economic, religious, military, and cultural history of Ptolemaic Egypt.
The History of Egypt Under the Ptolemies
Author: Samuel SharpePublisher: London : E. Moxon
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt
Author: Reginald Stuart PoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Last Pharaohs
Author: J. G. ManningPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691156387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The contents of this book cover Egypt in the first millennium BC, the historical understanding of the Ptolemaic state, moving beyond despotism, economic planning and state banditry, shaping a new state, and much more.
The Empire of the Ptolemies
Author: John Pentland MahaffyPublisher: London and New York, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile
Author: Kostas BuraselisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book examines how the power of the Ptolemies depended upon control of waterways, the easiest form of communication in the ancient world.
The Reign of Cleopatra
Author: Stanley Mayer BursteinPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138718
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An engaging, accessible biography of the legendary Egyptian queen, with source documents Ambitious, intelligent, and desired by powerful men, Cleopatra VII came to power at a time when Roman and Egyptian interests increasingly concerned the same object: Egypt itself. Cleopatra lived and reigned at the center of this complex and persistent power struggle. Her legacy has since lost much of its former political significance, as she has come to symbolize instead the potent force of female sexuality and power. In this engaging and multifaceted account, Stanley M. Burstein displays Cleopatra in the full manifold brilliance of the multiple cultures, countries, and people that surrounded her throughout her compelling life, and in so doing develops a stunning picture of a legendary queen and a deeply historic reign. Designed as an accessible introduction to Cleopatra VII and her time, The Reign of Cleopatra offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. The narrative chapters conclude with a discussion of Cleopatra’s significance as a person, a queen, and a symbol. A glossary and annotated bibliography round out the volume.