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Titre(s) : Ptolemy I and the transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE [Texte imprimé] / edited by Paul McKechnie, Jennifer A. Cromwell
Publication : Leiden : Brill, copyright [2018]
Description matérielle : x, 247 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Collection : Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; volume 415
Lien à la collection : Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical Antiquity
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian
rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the
'Greek millennium' (J.G. Manning's phrase) in Egypt-living long enough to leave a
powerful kingdom to his youngest son, Ptolemy II, in 282.0In this book, expert studies
document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration
of the Ptolemaic state. Ptolemy built up his position as ruler subtly and steadily.
Continuity and change marked the Egyptian-Greek encounter. The calendar, the economy
and coinage, the temples, all took on new directions. In the great new city of Alexandria,
the settlers' burial customs had their own story to tell
Autre(s) auteur(s) : McKechnie, Paul R. (1957-....). Éditeur scientifique
Cromwell, Jennifer. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Ptolémée Ier (0360-0283 av. J.-C. ; roi d'Égypte)
Égypte -- Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Égypte -- 332-30 av. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004366961. - ISBN 9004366962
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455476246
Notice n° :
FRBNF45547624
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Table des matières : Introduction / / Paul McKechnie ; ; Ptolemy I in Egypt: continuity and change / /
Dorothy J. Thompson ; ; The Greek wars: the fight for Egypt / / Paul McKechnie ;
; Soter and the calendars / / Chris Bennett ; ; The role of coinage in the political
economy of fourth century Egypt / / Henry P. Colburn ; ; Pharaoh and temple-building
in the fourth century BCE / / Martina Minas-Nerpel ; ; The Satrap Stele of Ptolemy:
a reassessment / / Boyo G. Ockinga ; ; Cremation and cross-cultural interaction in
early Ptolemaic Alexandria: cremation in context / / Thomas Landvatter.
