Triangular landscapes environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule Environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule Blouin, Katherine creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2014 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps Between the Roman annexation of Egypt and the Arab period, the Nile Delta went from consisting of seven branches to two, namely the current Rosetta and Damietta branches. For historians, this may look like a slow process, but on a geomorphological scale, it is a rather fast one. How did human action contribute to this phenomenon? How did it happen? Why did it start around the Roman period? And how did it impact on ancient Deltaic communities? This book reflects on these questions by focusing on a district of the north-eastern Delta called the Mendesian Nome. The Mendesian Nome is one of the very few Deltaic zones documented by a significant number of papyri. To date, this documentation has never been subject to a comprehensive study. Yet it provides us with a wealth of information on the region's landscape, administrative geography, and agrarian economy. Starting from these papyri and from all available evidence, this book investigates the complex networks of relationships between Mendesian environments, socio-economic dynamics, and agro-fiscal policies. Ultimately, it poses the question of the 'otherness' of the Nile Delta, within Egypt and, more broadly, the Roman Empire. Section I sets the broader hydrological, documentary, and historical contexts from which the Roman-period Mendesian evidence stem. Section II is dedicated to the reconstruction of the Mendesian landscape, while section III examines the strategies of diversification and the modes of valorization of marginal land attested in the nome. Finally, section IV analyses the socio-environmental crisis that affected the nome in the second half of the second century AD. The Mendesian Nome in context -- The Mendesian landscape under Roman rule -- 'Le beau risque': society, the state, and the land -- Autopsy of a region in crisis. Katherine Blouin. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-ua--- Egypt History Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D Egypt Civilization 332 B.C.-638 A.D Egypt Environmental conditions History Land use Egypt History Agriculture Economic aspects Egypt Égypte Histoire 332 av. J.-C.-640 (Période gréco-romaine) Égypte Civilisation 332 av. J.-C.-640 Utilisation du sol Égypte Histoire Agriculture Aspect économique Égypte HISTORY Ancient Egypt Agriculture Economic aspects Civilization Ecology Land use Egypt Römerzeit Landschaft Wirtschaft Ägypten History & Archaeology Regions & Countries - Africa 332 B.C.-640 A.D. fast DT92 .B56 2014eb 932.02 Triangular landscapes : environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule Blouin, Katherine. Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2014 xvii, 429 pages Oxford studies on the Roman economy 9780191002397 0191002399 0199688729 9780199688722 132202331X 9781322023311 9780191767876 0191767875 9780199688722 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/26827 E7B 140808 20260319155959.1 in00005711067 eng