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Cambridge University Press Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt
Book SynopsisThe only substantial and up-to-date reference work on the Ptolemaic army. This book illuminates how state-formation and the changing structures of the army in Egypt after Alexander's conquest had an effect on settlement, land distribution and the development of social networks between Greeks and Egyptians.Trade Review'Fischer-Bovet has written the first full-scale study of the Ptolemaic military in over a century. Few books have the potential to change the direction of scholarship; this is such a book … This well-written, clearly argued study belongs in all university libraries.' S. M. Burstein, Choice'Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt offers a wide-ranging analysis of Ptolemaic military institutions, particularly as a social vehicle for stability and integrative activity. It features a comprehensive bibliography, numerous sources in translation, several helpful maps, charts and diagrams, and thorough indices.' Paul Johstono, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'… [the book] is filled with a great deal of useful and highly interesting information and, as such, it amply repays the time taken to make a considered read.' Victor Blunden, Ancient EgyptTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The army in Late Period Egypt (664–332 BC); Part I. Structure and Role of the Army: 3. Military challenges faced by the Ptolemies: power, money, crisis and reform; 4. Military organization and hierarchy; 5. Military recruitment and ethnic composition; Part II. Economic Status and Social Networks of Soldiers and Officers: 6. Settling soldiers; 7. Soldiers and officers in the Egyptian countryside; Part III: The Army and Egyptian Temples: 8. Priests in the army: a politico-ideological explanation; 9. The army and Egyptian temple-building; 10. Conclusion; Appendix.
£35.14
Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. The House of the Hidden Places and The Book of
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Aris & Phillips Ltd Hieratic Ostraca in the Hunterian Museum Glasgow
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Griffith Institute Stone Vessels Pottery and Sealings from the Tomb
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£88.90
Griffith Institute Fecundity Figures Egyptian Personification and
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£66.78
Griffith Institute Papyrus Harkness MMA 3197 Volume 0 Griffith
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£139.37
National Geographic Society Cleopatra The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt
Book SynopsisBeautiful, mysterious, and tragic, Cleopatra remains one of the most mesmerizing women of all time—and here is her story, based on the latest archaeological research. Secrets unfold in the official companion book to the new exhibition cosponsored by National Geographic, opening in Philadelphia in May 2010 and touring the United States for several years. Written by the inimitable Zahi Hawass in collaboration with underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio, this richly illustrated book chronicles the life of Cleopatra and the centuries-long quest to learn more about the queen and her tumultuous era, the last pharaonic period of Egyptian history. For the crowds nationwide who will visit the blockbuster exhibit—as well as the huge readership for popular illustrated histories such as this—Cleopatra and the Lost Treasures of Egypt holds rare glimpses and stunning revelations from the life of a star-crossed queen.
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Oxbow Books Markets and Exchanges in Pre-Modern and
Book SynopsisMarkets emerge in recent historical research as important spheres of economic interaction in ancient societies. In the case of ancient Egypt, traditional models imagined an all-encompassing centralized, bureaucratic economy that left practically no place for market transactions, as many surviving documents only described the activities of the royal palace and of huge institutions, mainly temples. Yet scattered references in the sources reveal that markets and traders were crucial actors in the economic life of ancient Egypt. In this perspective, this volume aims to discuss the role of markets, traders and economic interaction (not necessarily organized through markets) and the use of "money" (metals, valuable commodities) in pre-modern societies, based on archaeological, anthropological and historical evidence. Furthermore, it intends to integrate different perspectives about the social organization of transactions and exchanges and the different forms taken by markets, from meeting places where exchanges operated under ritualized procedures and conventions, to markets in which profit-seeking activities were marginal in respect with other practices that stressed, on the contrary, community collaboration. The book also deals with social forms of pre-modern exchanges in which trust and ethnic solidarity guaranteed the validity of commercial operations in the absence of formal codes of laws or accepted authorities over long distances (trade diasporas, guilds, etc.). Finally, the volume analyzes a critical aspect of small-scale trade and markets, such as the commercialization of agricultural household production and its impact on the peasant economic strategies. In all, the book covers a diversity of topics in which recent research in the fields of economic sociology, archaeology, anthropology, economics and history proves invaluable in order to analyze the role of Egyptian trade in a broader perspective, as well as to suggest new venues of comparative research, theoretical reflection and dialogue between Egyptology and social sciences.Table of ContentsPreface by Gianluca Miniaci and Juan Carlos Moreno García 1. Markets and transactions in pre-modern societies Juan Carlos Moreno García 2. A key commodity: The role of cowries in West Africa Anne Haour 3. Marketplaces and market exchanges in the pre-colonial Americas Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas 4. The enchanting scale: Magic and morality in the Bronze Age economic balance Chris Monroe 5. Markets, efflorescence, and political economy in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East Reinhard Pirngruber 6. Peasants, rural economy, and cash crops in medieval Islam Bethany J. Walker 7. Markets in the shadows, trade diasporas, and self-organizing trading/smuggling networks John B. Owens 8. Market performance in the grain market of late medieval Western Europe (c. 1300–1650) Bas van Leeuwen and Robin C.M. Philips 9. Two tales of pre-modern contraction: Wage differentials in late medieval and early modern Japan Osamu Saito 10. Markets, transactions, and ancient Egypt: New venues for research in a comparative perspective Juan Carlos Moreno García
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Harrassowitz Bayuda Studies: Proceedings of the First
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£118.75
Harrassowitz Things on the Move - Dinge Unterwegs: Objects in
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£75.05
Archeobooks Between the Cataracts 1: Proceedings of the 11th
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£213.75
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Il Castellum del Nador: Storia Di Una Fattoria
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£253.65
L'Erma Di Bretschneider I Tre Templi del Lato Nord-Ovest del Foro Vecchio
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£281.20
Peeters Publishers From Old Cairo to the New World: Coptic Studies
Book SynopsisThis present volume is dedicated to Gawdat Gabra, the former director of the Coptic Museum in Cairo and now Professor of Coptology at the University of Claremont in the USA. Dr Gabra is one of the pioneers of Coptic studies in modern times and the author and editor of many valuable and highly regarded monographs, series and articles. Although the papers in this volume do not have a single theme, all of them share an interest and focus on one topic: Egypt. They cover many fields in Coptology and Egyptology, such as art, Biblical studies, liturgy, Copto-Arabic studies and archaeology. They present the results of recent academic research and archaeological excavations. The seventeen contributors to this volume belong to three continents and work in seven countries all over the world, but all of them appreciate the long-time efforts of Gawdat Gabra for Coptic studies on an academic level as well as his indefatigable labour to make laymen aware of Coptic Egypt.
£75.00
Peeters Publishers Egypt in the First Millennium AD: Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis volume contains the proceedings of the twenty-first annual British Museum Egyptology Colloquium, which was the first in the series dedicated to post-pharaonic Egypt. The volume investigates continuity and change in the archaeological record in the First Millennium AD, focusing on the transitions to and from Late Antiquity (AD 250-800), when Egypt's population became Christian and, later, Islam was introduced. The fourteen contributors, representing the overlapping disciplines of Egyptology, Archaeology and Art History with specialisations in the pharaonic, Roman and Late Antique periods, present the results of new archaeological research at a range of sites currently under investigation. Seeking to identify trends and compare results, the volume is organised according to four major themes: 1) settlements, 2) cemeteries, 3) settling rock-cut tombs and quarries and 4) temple-church-mosque. Many of the contributions address adaptive reuse of earlier architecture, the recycling of earlier monuments as building material (i.e. spolia), or both. Traditionally neglected by modern scholars in favour of other periods in Egypt's long history, the study of First Millennium AD archaeology offers increasingly better opportunities to evaluate both Egypt's distinctiveness and its role within the wider Mediterranean region.
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Peeters Publishers Graeco-Roman Archives from the Fayum
Book SynopsisThe Fayum is a large depression in the western desert of Egypt, receiving its water directly from the Nile. In the early Ptolemaic period the agricultural area expanded a great deal, new villages were founded and many Greeks settled here. When villages on the outskirts were abandoned about AD 300-400, houses and cemeteries remained intact for centuries. Here were found thousands of papyri, ostraca (potsherds) and hundreds of mummy portraits, which have made the area famous among classicists and art historians alike. Most papyri and ostraca are now scattered over collections all over the world. The sixth volume of Collectanea Hellenistica presents 145 reconstructed archives originating from this region, including private, professional, official and temple archives both in Greek and in native Demotic.
£121.95
Peeters Publishers Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and
Book SynopsisThe eighth volume of proceedings of the International Colloquia on the History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras covers the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd gatherings, organized at Ghent University in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. True to tradition, the 27 articles deal with a wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious history, as well as belles-lettres. With contributions by P.-V. Claverie, N. Coureas, J.-Ch. Ducène, H. Hanisch, D. Igarashi, G. Lelli, Y. Lev, P. Moukarzel, D. Nicolle, C. Onimus, M. Piana, S. Pradines, B. Shoshan, N. Vanthieghem, Th.M. Wijntjes, J. Yeshaya, K. Yosef and M. Zouihal.
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Peeters Publishers Egypt at its Origins 4: Proceedings of the Fourth
Book SynopsisThis volume, publishing the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (New York, 2011), presents the results of the latest research and discoveries in the field which are leading to a better understanding of the origins of the Ancient Egyptian civilization. The 31 articles are organised under three major headings: Tell el-Farkha and Lower Egyptian Sites; Abydos, Hierakonpolis and Upper Egyptian Sites; Objects and Iconography. Each contribution provides new insights into the variety of factors contributing to the rise of the distinct form of the early Egyptian state. Recent discoveries from major sites such as Hierakonpolis, Abydos, and Tell el Farkha, are the subject of different articles, but also other sites, such as Abu Rawash and the area of the First Cataract, are discussed.
£110.00
