Triangular landscapes : environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule /

Using papyri and other sources documenting the Mendesian Nome, a district of the North-Eastern Nile Delta, this volume investigates the complex networks of relationships between Mendesian environments, socio-economic dynamics, and agro-fiscal policies in the Roman period.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blouin, Katherine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford studies on the Roman economy.
Subjects:
332 B.C.-640 A.D.
Land use > Egypt > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Egypt.
Utilisation du sol > Égypte > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Égypte.
HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Civilization
Ecology
Land use
Römerzeit
Landschaft
Wirtschaft
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
Egypt > History > Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
Egypt > Civilization > 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Egypt > Environmental conditions > History.
Égypte > Histoire > 332 av. J.-C.-640 (Période gréco-romaine)
Égypte > Civilisation > 332 av. J.-C.-640.
Egypt
Ägypten > Altertum
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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