COUNTING THE PEOPLE IN HELLENISTIC EGYPT by Willy Clarysse, Dorothy J. Thompson ( 9780521124836 )

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COUNTING THE PEOPLE IN HELLENISTIC EGYPT

Volume:

Volume 2

By:

Willy Clarysse, Dorothy J. Thompson

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0521124832

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 2009

Series:

Cambridge Classical Studies

Pages:

420

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Important study of the economic and social history of Ptolemaic Egypt, based on the salt-tax registers of P. Count.

Synopsis:

The historical studies of this second volume provide an examination of the economic and social history of Ptolemaic Egypt. The salt-tax registers of P. Count not only throw light on key aspects of the fiscal policy of the Greek pharaohs but also provide the best information for family and household structure for the Western world before the fifteenth century AD. The makeup of the population is thoroughly analysed here in both demographic and occupational terms. A constant theme running throughout is the impact of the Greeks on the indigenous population of Egypt. This is traced in cultural policies, in administrative geography, in the realm of stock-rearing and in the changing religious affiliations traceable through the names that parents gave their children. The extent to which Egypt is typical of the Hellenistic world more widely is the final topic addressed.

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