Author : Kostas Buraselis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1107033357
This book examines how the power of the Ptolemies depended upon control of waterways, the easiest form of communication in the ancient world.
Author : Kostas Buraselis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,83 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1107355516
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.
Author : Rolf Strootman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Imperialism
ISBN : 9789004407664
Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume develops the category of maritime empire as a specific type of empire in both European and 'non-western' history.
Author : Brian Muhs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107113369
The first economic history of ancient Egypt employing a New Institutional Economics approach and covering the entire pharaonic period, 3000-30 BCE.
Author : Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 38,6 MB
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1107007755
This book examines how the army developed as an engine of socio-economic and cultural integration in Egypt under Greco-Macedonian rule.
Author : Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,92 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1108479251
First comparative analysis of the role of local elites and populations in the formation of the two main Hellenistic empires.
Author : Claudius Ptolemy
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605204383
Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, originally titled Geographia and written in the second century, is a depiction of the geography of the Roman Empire at the time. Though inaccurate due to Ptolemy's varying methods of measurement and use of outdated data, Geography of Claudius Ptolemy is nonetheless an excellent example of ancient geographical study and scientific method. This edition contains more than 40 maps and illustrations, reproduced based on Ptolemy's original manuscript. It remains a fascinating read for students of scientific history and Greek influence. CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY (A.D. 90- A.D. 168) was a poet, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and geographer who wrote in Greek, though he was a Roman citizen. He is most well-known for three scientific treatises he wrote on astronomy, astrology, and geography, respectively titled Almagest, Apotelesmatika, and Geographia. His work influenced early Islamic and European studies, which in turn influenced much of the modern world. Ptolemy died in Alexandria as a member of Greek society.
Author : Kostas Buraselis
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 17,68 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 9781107345898
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their weal.
Author : J. G. Manning
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 2012-10-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691156387
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.
Author : Laurent Bricault
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9004413901
In Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas, Laurent Bricault, one of the principal scholars of the cults of Isis, presents a new interpretation of the multiple sources that present Isis as a goddess of the seas. Bricault discusses a wealth of relatively unknown archaeological and textual data, drawing on a profound knowledge of their historical context. After decades of scholarly study, Bricault offers an important contribution and a new phase in the debate on understanding the “diffusion” as well as the “reception” of the cults of Isis in the Graeco-Roman world. This book, the first English-language monograph by the leading French scholar in the field, underlines the importance of Isis Studies for broader debates in the study of ancient religion.
