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This book gives a structured account of Egypt's transition from Ptolemaic to Roman rule by identifying key relationships between ecology, land tenure, taxation, administration and politics. It introduces theoretical perspectives from the social sciences and subjects them to empirical scrutiny using data from Greek and Demotic papyri as well as comparative evidence. Although building on recent scholarship, it offers some provocative arguments that challenge prevailing views. For example, patterns of land ownership are linked to population density and are seen as one aspect of continuity between the Ptolemaic and Roman period. Fiscal reform, by contrast, emerges as a significant mechanism of change not only in the agrarian economy but also in the administrative system and the whole social structure. Anyone seeking to understand the impact of Roman rule in the Hellenistic east must consider the well-attested processes in Egypt that this book seeks to explain.

Human geography --- Social structure --- Land tenure --- Géographie humaine --- Structure sociale --- Propriété foncière --- History --- Histoire --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Politics and government --- Economic conditions --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions économiques --- History. --- Géographie humaine --- Propriété foncière --- Conditions économiques --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Arts and Humanities --- Human geography - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Social structure - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Land tenure - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Egypt - Economic conditions - 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt - History - Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt - Politics and government - 332-30 B.C. --- Egypt - Politics and government - 30 B.C.-640 A.D.

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Social geography --- Egypt

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"This book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary money, challenging the notion of a typical premodern stage of fiscal development"--

Taxation --- Fiscal policy --- History --- Ancient --- General. --- Taxes