Ptolemy I and the transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE

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Label

Ptolemy I and the transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE

Statement of responsibility

edited by Paul McKechnie, Jennifer A. Cromwell

Contributor

• McKechnie, Paul, 1957-
• Cromwell, Jennifer

Editor

• Cromwell, Jennifer
• McKechnie, Paul, 1957-

Subject

• Egypt
• Egypt
• Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C
• Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C
• History
• Ptolemy, I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C
• Ptolemy, I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C
• Ptolemy, I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C
• To 30 B.C

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the 'Greek millennium' (J.G. Manning's phrase) in Egypt-living long enough to leave a powerful kingdom to his youngest son, Ptolemy II, in 282.0In this book, expert studies document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration of the Ptolemaic state. Ptolemy built up his position as ruler subtly and steadily. Continuity and change marked the Egyptian-Greek encounter. The calendar, the economy and coinage, the temples, all took on new directions. In the great new city of Alexandria, the settlers' burial customs had their own story to tell

Member of

• Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava, Supplementum | History and archaeology of classical antiquity
• Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava, Supplementum, 415

Cataloging source

ICU/DLC

Dewey number

932/.021

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DT92.P7

LC item number

P85 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Mnemosyne supplements, History and archaeology of classical antiquity

Series volume

volume 415