The Last Pharaohs

Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-691-15638-5
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated--separated both from the history of other Hellenistic states and from the history of ancient Egypt. The Last Pharaohs, the first detailed history of Ptolemaic Egypt as a state, departs radically from previous studies by putting the Ptolemaic state firmly in the context of both Hellenistic and Egyptian history. More broadly still, J. G. Manning examines the Ptolemaic dynasty in the context of the study of authoritarian and premodern states, shifting the focus of study away from modern European nation-states and toward ancient Asian ones. By analyzing Ptolemaic reforms of Egyptian economic and legal structures, The Last Pharaohs gauges the impact of Ptolemaic rule on Egypt and the relationships that the Ptolemaic kings formed with Egyptian society. Manning argues that the Ptolemies sought to rule through--rather than over--Egyptian society. He tells how the Ptolemies, adopting a pharaonic model of governance, shaped Egyptian society and in turn were shaped by it. Neither fully Greek nor wholly Egyptian, the Ptolemaic state within its core Egyptian territory was a hybrid that departed from but did not break with Egyptian history. Integrating the latest research on archaeology, papyrology, theories of the state, and legal history, as well as Hellenistic and Egyptian history, The Last Pharaohs draws a dramatically new picture of Egypt's last ancient state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manning, J. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Abbreviations xv
INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1: Egypt in the First Millennium BC 19

CHAPTER 2: The Historical Understanding of the Ptolemaic State 29

CHAPTER 3: Moving beyond Despotism, Economic Planning, and State Banditry 55

Ptolemaic Egypt as a Premodern State
CHAPTER 4: Shaping a New State 73

The Political Economy of the Ptolemies

CHAPTER 5: Creating a New Economic Order 117

Economic Life and Economic Policy under the Ptolemies
CHAPTER 6: Order and Law 165

Shaping the Law in a New State
CHAPTER 7: Conclusions 202
APPENDIX 207

The Trial Record of the Property Dispute Held at the Temple of Wepwawet in Asyut, Upper Egypt, 170 BC before the Local Laokritai-judges

Bibliography 217

Index 259

Index of Sources 263

Über Autor(innen)

Manning, J. G.
J. G. Manning is professor of classics and history at Yale University, and a senior research scholar at Yale Law School. He is the author of "Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt" and the coeditor of "The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models".