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The Seleukid royal economy : the finances and financial administration of the Seleukid empire /
"The Seleukid empire, the principal successor-state of the empire of Alexander the Great, endured for over two hundred years and stretched, at its peak, from the Mediterranean to the borders of India. This book provides a wide-ranging study of the empire's economy and the methods used by t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The Seleukid empire, the principal successor-state of the empire of Alexander the Great, endured for over two hundred years and stretched, at its peak, from the Mediterranean to the borders of India. This book provides a wide-ranging study of the empire's economy and the methods used by the Seleukid kings to monetise and manage it so as to extract tribute, rent and taxes as efficiently as possible. It uses a variety of Greek literary sources and inscriptions, cuneiform texts and archaeological, numismatic and comparative evidence to explore in detail the manner of exploitation of their lands and subjects by the Seleukid kings, their city-building activity, the financing of their armies and administration, the use they made of coinage and their methods of financial management. The book adopts a highly original numerical approach throughout, which leads to a quantified model of the economy of an ancient state."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 361 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-349) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511265617 0511265611 0511263325 9780511263323 0511264135 9780511264139 0511264895 9780511264894 1280749652 9781280749650 9786610749652 6610749655 9780521837071 0521837073 9780511482694 0511482698 0521117763 9780521117760 |