The Ptolemies The Sea And The Nile

Author : Kostas Buraselis,Mary Stefanou,Dorothy J. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107355514

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The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile by Kostas Buraselis,Mary Stefanou,Dorothy J. Thompson Pdf

With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.

Author : Kostas Buraselis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1107345898

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Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile by Kostas Buraselis Pdf

With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their weal.

Author : Kostas Buraselis,Mary Stefanou,Dorothy J. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 1107238218

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The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile by Kostas Buraselis,Mary Stefanou,Dorothy J. Thompson Pdf

"With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea--both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea--and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004407671

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Empires of the Sea by Anonim Pdf

Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.

Author : Brian Muhs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107113367

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The Ancient Egyptian Economy by Brian Muhs Pdf

The first economic history of ancient Egypt employing a New Institutional Economics approach and covering the entire pharaonic period, 3000-30 BCE.

Author : Samuel Sharpe
Publisher : London : E. Moxon
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Egypt
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009501941

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The History of Egypt Under the Ptolemies by Samuel Sharpe Pdf

Author : John Pentland Mahaffy
Publisher : London and New York, Macmillan
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Egypt
ISBN : CHI:21191060

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The Empire of the Ptolemies by John Pentland Mahaffy Pdf

Author : Günther Hölbl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135119836

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A History of the Ptolemaic Empire by Günther Hölbl Pdf

This compelling narrative provides the only comprehensive guide in English to the rise and decline of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt over three centuries - from the death of Alexander in 323 BC to the tragic deaths of Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BC. The skilful integration of material from a vast array of sources allows the reader to trace the political and religious development of one of the most powerful empires of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. It shows how the success of the Ptolemies was due in part to their adoption of many features of the Egyptian Pharaohs who preceded them - their deification and funding of cults and temples throughout Egypt.

Author : Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107007758

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Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt by Christelle Fischer-Bovet Pdf

This book examines how the army developed as an engine of socio-economic and cultural integration in Egypt under Greco-Macedonian rule.

Author : P. G. Elgood
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789125726

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The Ptolemies of Egypt by P. G. Elgood Pdf

The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a Hellenistic kingdom based in ancient Egypt. It was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started with Ptolemy I Soter’s accession after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and which ended with the death of Cleopatra and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter, a diadochus originally from Macedon in northern Greece who declared himself pharaoh of Egypt and created a powerful Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled an area stretching from southern Syria to Cyrene and south to Nubia. Alexandria, a Greek polis founded by Alexander the Great, became the capital city and a major center of Greek culture and trade. To gain recognition by the native Egyptian populace, the Ptolemies named themselves as pharaohs. The later Ptolemies took on Egyptian traditions by marrying their siblings per the Osiris myth, had themselves portrayed on public monuments in Egyptian style and dress, and participated in Egyptian religious life. The Ptolemies were involved in foreign and civil wars that led to the decline of the kingdom and its final conquest by Rome. “THIS book is intended less for the student than for the general reader. The period has become highly specialized: the administrative and economic conditions of Ptolemaic Egypt have been exhaustively reviewed. Textbooks treating of these and kindred subjects exist, and it would be superfluous to add to their number. But the kings and queens of the period, virile if not specially virtuous rulers, have received less attention, and it is in the hope of rescuing from oblivion their personality that this book has been written.”—P. G. Elgood, Foreword

Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399090230

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The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty by John D. Grainger Pdf

“Thoroughly ‘reader friendly’ in organization and presentation . . . an ideal introduction to the creation and rise of the Ptolemaic era of Egypt.” —Midwest Book Review In this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I established the dynasty’s power in Egypt in the wake of Alexander the Great’s death. Egypt had been independent for most of the fourth century BC, but was reconquered by the Persian Empire in the 340s. This is essential background for Ptolemaic history, since it meant that Alexander was welcomed as a liberator and, after the tyranny of Kleomenes, so was Ptolemy. This was the essential basis of Ptolemy’s power. He conciliated the Egyptians, but reinforced his military strength with Greek settlers, mainly retired or available soldiers. He built the city of Alexandria, but to his own requirements, not those planned by Alexander. The empire outside Egypt was acquired, perhaps for defense, perhaps by sheer greed. Ptolemy took over Cyrenaica (with difficulty), Cyprus, and Syria/Palestine. These had to be defended against his rivals, hence the development of his navy, and the Syrian Wars. The succession was carefully managed, but not directly hereditary (Ptolemy II wasn’t the eldest son), and the new king was very different. He fought repeated wars in Syria, built up his navy in the Aegean to the greatest seen in the ancient world, and extended his empire into the lands of the Red Sea, Sudan, and Ethiopia. He taxed the Egyptians mercilessly to fund all these activities. Yet few of his wars were successful, and he stored up trouble for his successors. This volume by a historian of the period delves into these events in a clear, compelling style.

Author : Katja Mueller
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9042917091

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Settlements of the Ptolemies by Katja Mueller Pdf

Unlike the Seleukid's the Ptolemies did not at first glance create numerous eye-catching cities.

Author : Nathalie LaCoste
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004384309

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Waters of the Exodus by Nathalie LaCoste Pdf

In Waters of the Exodus, Nathalie LaCoste examines the Diasporic Jewish community in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and their relationship to the hydric environment through a close study of four rewritings of the exodus narrative.

Author : Samuel Sharpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Egypt
ISBN : UOM:39015073766225

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The History of Egypt Under the Ptolemies by Samuel Sharpe Pdf

Author : William Desborough Cooley
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 0526177896

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Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile by William Desborough Cooley Pdf

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