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The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0199587922, 9780199587926
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5998797 bytes)
Pages
450\479
Time added
2015-02-25 15:19:53

Description

This selection of essays by key names in the field of ancient economies in the 'Hellenistic' age (c.330-30BCE), provides essential reading for anyone interested in the evolutionary building blocks of economic history in the eastern Mediterranean and neighbouring regions. Case studies look at management and institutions; human mobility and natural resources; the role of different agents - temples and cities, as well as rulers - in enhancing resources and circulating wealth; the levers exerted by monopolies and by disparate status groups, including slaves. An introductory essay summarizes the operational elements that drove the engines of these economies.

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