Industry, Trade and the State in Ptolemaic Egypt
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- Hardcover
380 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2025
Summary
Ptolemaic Industry and Trade: A Reassessment of State Intervention in Ancient Egypt
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Ptolemaic state’s role in industry and trade, a crucial aspect of Hellenistic Egypt’s economic and political landscape. Through a comprehensive analysis of Greek and Demotic Egyptian sources, coupled with theoretical insights, it challenges the widely held notion of ‘state monopolies.’
The study reveals that while the Ptolemies possessed remarkable …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009413374 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009413376 |
| Author: | Nico Dogaer |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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About The Author
Nico Dogaer
Nico Dogaer is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris. He has held postdoctoral and visiting positions at KU Leuven, the Universities of Oxford and Bologna and New York University. He is the author of over a dozen articles and chapters on the social, economic and cultural history of Graeco-Roman Egypt.
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