Death on the Nile : disease and the demography of Roman Egypt /

Death on the Nile : disease and the demography of Roman Egypt /

A pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the interaction between local disease environments and demographic structure, this book breaks new ground in reconstructing the population history of Egypt during the Roman period and beyond. Drawing on a wide range of sources from ancient cens...

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Main Author: Scheidel, Walter, 1966-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 228.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Diseases > Egypt > History.
Demography > Egypt > History.
Medicine, Ancient.
Demography.
Diseases.
Egypt.
History.

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Call Number: R653.E4 S36 2001

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • MORTALITY PATTERNS AND CAUSES OF DEATH
  • AGE STRUCTURE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
  • POPULATION SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
  • MONTHS OF DEATH IN EPITAPHS FROM ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL EGYPT AND NUBIA
  • PERSONS WITH EXACT AGES IN THE CENSUS RETURNS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , D.M. Schenkeveld , P.H. Schrijvers and S.R. Slings.