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Title Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires : integration, communication, and resistance / edited by Christelle Fischer-Bovet, University of Southern California ; Sitta von Reden, University of Freiburg
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps
Summary "The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation of political, economic, military and ideological power within these states in formation. The two states, conceived as multiethnic empires, are sufficiently similar to make comparisons valid, while the process of comparison highlights and better explains differences. Regions that were successively incorporated into the Ptolemaic and the Seleucid state receive particular attention and are understood within the broader picture of the ruling strategies of both empires. The book focuses on forms of communication through coins, inscriptions and visual culture; settlement policies and the relationship between local and immigrant populations; and the forms of collaboration with and resistance of local elites against immigrant populations and government institutions"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2021)
Subject Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
SUBJECT Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. fast
Subject Seleucids -- History
Seleucids
SUBJECT Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041288
Subject Egypt
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Fischer-Bovet, Christelle, 1977- editor.
Reden, Sitta von, editor.
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