Death on the Nile : disease and the demography of Roman Egypt /

A pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the interaction between local disease environments and demographic structure, this book breaks new ground in reconstructing the population history of Egypt during the Roman period and beyond. Drawing on a wide range of sources from ancient cens...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheidel, Walter, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 228.
Temas:
Diseases > Egypt > History.
Demography > Egypt > History.
Medicine, Ancient.
Mortality.
Demography.
Medicine > History.
Life expectancy.
Mortality
Demography
History of Medicine
History, Ancient
Life Expectancy
Maladies > Égypte > Histoire.
Démographie > Égypte > Histoire.
Médecine ancienne.
Mortalité.
Démographie.
Médecine > Histoire.
Espérance de vie.
mortality.
demography.
history of medicine.
Medicine
Life expectancy
Diseases
Medicine, Ancient
Doodsoorzaken.
Bevolkingsontwikkeling.
Romeinse oudheid.
Egypt
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • MORTALITY PATTERNS AND CAUSES OF DEATH
  • AGE STRUCTURE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
  • POPULATION SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
  • MONTHS OF DEATH IN EPITAPHS FROM ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL EGYPT AND NUBIA
  • PERSONS WITH EXACT AGES IN THE CENSUS RETURNS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , D.M. Schenkeveld , P.H. Schrijvers and S.R. Slings.

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