Ptolemy I and the transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE /

Ptolemy I and the transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE /

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 younge...

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Other Authors: McKechnie, Paul, 1957-, Cromwell, Jennifer.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 415.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Supplement 2018, ISBN: 9789004363922.

Subjects:

Ptolemy > I Soter, > King of Egypt, > -283 B.C.
Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C.
Egypt > History > To 332 B.C.

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Call Number: DT92.P7

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 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
  • Identity and Cross-cultural Interaction in Early Ptolemaic Alexandria: Cremation in Context /
  • Thomas Landvatter
  • Back Matter
  • Index of Names and Subjects.