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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Manning, Joseph Gilbert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305 B.C.-30 B.C. Pharaohs > History. State, The > History. Egypt > Politics and government > 332 B.C.-30 B.C. Egypt > Economic conditions > 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Table of Contents:

Egypt in the first millennium BC
The historical understanding of the Ptolemaic state
Moving beyond despotism, economic planning, and state banditry : Ptolemaic Egypt as a premodern state
Shaping a new state : the political economy of the Ptolemies
Creating a new economic order : economic life and economic policy under the Ptolemies
Order and law : shaping the law in a new state
Conclusions
Appendix: The trial record of the property dispute held at the Temple of Wepwawet in Asyut, Upper Egypt, 170 BC, before the local laokritai-judges.