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Published 2017
The birdcage of the muses : patronage of the arts and sciences at the ptolemaic imperial court,305-222 BCE /

: vi,183 pages .6 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789042933507

Published 2014
Courts and elites in the Hellenistic empires : The Near East after the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE /

: xviii, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 074869126X
9780748691265 : shimaa

Published 2019
Empires of the Sea : a Maritime Power Networks in World History /

: Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly 'non-western' perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.
: 1 online resource : 9789004407671