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The Last Pharaohs BustofPtolemyII,privatecollection. The Last Pharaohs GYPT NDER THE E U TOLEMIES BC P , 305–30 J. G. Manning PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright2010byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress,6OxfordStreet, Woodstock,OxfordshireOX201TW AllRightsReserved LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Manning,JosephGilbert. Thelastpharaohs:EgyptunderthePtolemies,305-30BC/J.G.Manning. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-691-14262-3(hbk.:alk.Paper)1.Ptolemaicdynasty, 305-30B.C.2.Pharaohs—History.3.State,The—History.4.Egypt— Politicsandgovernment—332B.C.-30B.C.5.Egypt—Economicconditions— 332B.C.-640A.D.I.Title. DT92.M362009 932.021—dc22 2009013223 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable ThisbookhasbeencomposedinSabon Printedonacid-freepaper. press.princeton.edu PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 For Naomi KANOPOS ALEXANDRIA DaNmAaUnKhRuArTISSASISEBENB(SNUXaYSOkTIhIROSaISS)I(SBMEeIhEObNNeDitE eSl Hagar)TANIS PELUSION RAPHIA (TeLlEl OelN-JTaOhPuOdiLjaIS) Wadi Tumilat Lake Timsah TERENUTHIS BUBASTIS HEROONBiPttOeLr ILSa/kPeITsHOM Saqqara MEMPHIS Al-fayyum Birket Qarun Philadelphia HERAKLEOPOLIS Sinai Darb el-Wah–at Tebtunis el-HibMeAGNA QcAaisnr eell--TMibaDagˆanribsi jbSaiaw/aBOaahsriijsaDarb el-BehnasOaXYRHYNCHOfussuY rhaSB AKKOoRmIS el-Ahmar/Sharuna HERMOPOLIS QUSAE (al-Qusija) Asyut Mons Porhyrites ANTAIOPOLIS Darb Farafra Darb et-Tawii Darb el-Arbcain ATSHoRhIBagIS(QaPuA NePlTO-OKPLeOEbLMiISrA) (IAS cHhEmRiMmE)IOU CLAMUODAIbNAuSN ZUaSwal PHILOTERA(S) HIBIS ABYDOSHERHM(uAOrNmDTeaHnnIdtS)ara TMQhQeKeeudnObsaaePmsT:O uKWSdarandaWi kGa,a Ldwui aHxosairsm (mGaasmusa)t MYO(QS uHsOeRirM)OS Dakhla et-Tôd Oasis Darb el-Ghabari sisaO agrahK QasDr aGrub eeli-dMaudawwarTaHE PATHEYsRnIaS Eedlf-uHillEalkab Bir layyan B A I Kom Ombo D ELEPHANTINE SYENE (Aswân) Sehel PHILAE Bigga First cataract BERENIKE Darb el-Arbcain KDAaLkADkBeeSbAHojuAdalaTdwenlDavle--OelimSDOENKAIOSHC PTOLEMAIC EGYPT Nubia Qasr Ibrim Wadi Allaqi BERENIKE PANCHRYSOS? Key: ANCIENT PLACE NAMES Modern Place names Second cataract CONTENTS ListofIllustrations ix Preface xi Abbreviations xv INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER1 EgyptintheFirstMillenniumBC 19 CHAPTER2 TheHistoricalUnderstandingofthePtolemaicState 29 CHAPTER3 MovingbeyondDespotism,EconomicPlanning, andStateBanditry 55 PtolemaicEgyptasaPremodernState CHAPTER4 ShapingaNewState 73 ThePoliticalEconomyofthePtolemies CHAPTER5 CreatingaNewEconomicOrder 117 EconomicLifeandEconomicPolicyunderthePtolemies CHAPTER6 OrderandLaw 165 ShapingtheLawinaNewState CHAPTER7 Conclusions 202 APPENDIX 207 TheTrialRecordofthePropertyDisputeHeldatthe TempleofWepwawetinAsyut,UpperEgypt,170BC beforetheLocalLaokritai-judges Bibliography 217 Index 259 IndexofSources 263 Thispageintentionallyleftblank
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