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A companion to Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt /
An authoritative and multidisciplinary Companion to Egypt during the Greco-Roman and Late Antique period With contributions from noted authorities in the field, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt offers a comprehensive resource that covers almost 1000 years of Egyptian history, starti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2019.
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| Colección: | Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyrignt Page; Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Note on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chronological Outline; Maps; Part I Greco-Roman Egypt explored; Chapter One Unique Sources in an Unusual Setting; 1.1 A Wealth of Sources; 1.2 The Physical Landscape; 1.3 Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter Two Modern Scholars at Work in a Digital and Multidisciplinary Setting; 2.1 The Growth of Scholarly Disciplines and Multidisciplinarity; 2.2 Impact of Digitalization
- Textual Sources; 2.3 The Impact of Digitalization: Archeological Sources
- 2.4 Conclusion: A Bright FutureFurther Reading; Part II Egypt as part of a globalizing world; Chapter Three The Last Pharaohs: The Ptolemaic Dynasty and the Hellenistic World; 3.1 Ptolemy I and the Foundation of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (323-305/4 BC); 3.2 The Legitimization of Power: The Ptolemies as Hellenistic Kings and as Pharaohs; 3.3 The Golden Age (305/4-204 BC); 3.4 Crises and Reorganization (204-116 BC); 3.5 116-80 BC: A Transitional Period; 3.6 The Ptolemies and Rome (80-30 BC); 3.7 Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter Four A Roman Province in the Eastern Mediterranean
- 4.1 Strengths and Lacunas of the Source Material4.2 Emperors in Egypt; 4.3 The Country and Its People; 4.4 Guarding the New Province and Its Trade Routes; 4.5 A Prefect in Charge of the "Province of Alexandria and Egypt" and the Provincial "Government"; 4.6 Governing the Countryside; 4.7 The Liturgical System; 4.8 Controlling the Population and the Laographia; 4.9 Economic and Monetary Policy; 4.10 Rome's Granary; 4.11 Changing Land Categories; 4.12 Interactions in the Religious Sphere; 4.13 Conclusion: Impact of Empire; Further Reading; Chapter Five Egypt in the Byzantine World
- 5.1 Becoming Part of the Byzantine World5.2 Constantinople, the New Rome; 5.3 Constantinople and Egypt: Mutual Contacts and Interests; 5.4 Alexandria, Cradle of Religious Controversies; 5.5 Alexandria, a Global Cultural Trendsetter; 5.6 Blemmyan Raids; 5.7 Paganism and Gnosticism; 5.8 Leaving the Byzantine World: The Arab Conquest; Further Reading; Chapter Six Life Portraits: Royals and People in a Globalizing World; Further Reading; Part III Governing a country with a past: Between tradition and innovation
- Chapter Seven The Ptolemaic Governmental Branches and the Role of Temples and Elite Groups7.1 Performance of Ptolemaic Governance; 7.2 The Ideology of Centralization; 7.3 Administrative Control of Egypt; 7.4 The Administration of External Territories; 7.5 Law, Legal Order, and the Administration of Justice; 7.6 The Role of Temple and Local Elites in Administration; 7.7 A Broader View of Ptolemaic Governance; Further Reading; Chapter Eight The Branches of Roman and Byzantine Government and the Role of Cities, the Church, and Elite Groups; 8.1 Between Tradition and Innovation