The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC A collection of essays investigating the economic transformations that took place in the states and kingdoms around the eastern Mediterranean following the conquests of Alexander the Great - changes which have had an enduring effect on global cultural patterns.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 11 June 2011
- Format: Hardback 480 pages
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- Categories: Economic History | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780199587926 ISBN 10: 0199587922
- Sales rank: 839,498
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Full description for The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC
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.
