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"The Introduction to this Companion sets out the chronological and geographical frame as well as the main issues in the study of the ancient Greek economy. It is targeted at a readership with no prior knowledge of the ancient economy and emphasises the importance of understanding economic struc...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge companions to the ancient world
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| Summary: |
"The Introduction to this Companion sets out the chronological and geographical frame as well as the main issues in the study of the ancient Greek economy. It is targeted at a readership with no prior knowledge of the ancient economy and emphasises the importance of understanding economic structures, economic change and the causes for change. As research on the ancient economy is dependent on theoretical assumptions about the nature and causation of economic change, a special section of the Companion is devoted to the discussion of the most important theoretical approaches to the ancient Greek economy. Other sections treat key themes of the ancient Greek economy, such as taxation, money, markets and labour regimes, as well as network approaches that are currently at the centre of research on ancient economies. A chronologically narrow but geographically wide perspective is taken on the Greek economy, including the Hellenistic economies in Egypt and the Near East, but excluding Greek economies in the Western Mediterranean and those, in the Eastern Mediterranean, that continued to be dominated by Greek language and culture and therefore still might be termed Greek under the Roman Empire"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-477) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108417266 1108417264 9781108404846 1108404847 |
| Index Number: | HC293 |
| CLC: | F154.592 |
| Call Number: | F154.592/C178-1 |
| Contents: |
Diachronic perspectives. Early iron age economies / Regional perspectives. Asia minor / Structures and Processes. Population / Networks. Religious networks / Approaches. Political economy and the growth of markets and capital / |