Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt The Structure of Land Tenure [Paperback]

Offers an coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state and economy.This book offers a coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state and economy, as well as the relationship between the new Ptolemaic economic institutions and the ancient Egyptian legal traditions of property rights. For the first time the evidence of Greek papyri and Egyptian documentation is combined. By revealing the dynamics between central and local power in Egypt, Professor Manning shows that Ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped Roman Egyptian social and economic institutions. All historians of Egypt and the Hellenistic world will welcome this important book.This book offers a coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state and economy, as well as the relationship between the new Ptolemaic economic institutions and the ancient Egyptian legal traditions of property rights. For the first time the evidence of Greek papyri and Egyptian documentation is combined. By revealing the dynamics between central and local power in Egypt, Professor Manning shows that Ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped Roman Egyptian social and economic institutions. All historians of Egypt and the Hellenistic world will welcome this important book.By revealing the dynamics between central and local power in Egypt, Joe Manning demonstrates that Ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped Roman Egyptian social and economic institutions. His book offers a framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state and economy, as well as the relationship between the new Ptolemaic economic institutions and the ancient Egyptian legal traditions of property rights. Historians of Egypt and the Hellenistic world will welcome the volume.List of maps, figures and tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Units of measure; Maps; Part I. Issues and Historical Background: 1. Issues and methodologies; 2. The Ptolemaic state and its antecedents; Part l!