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  • Land tenure, rural space, and the political economy of Ptolemaic Egypt (332 BC-30 BC)

    In this paper I argue that statist (or “despotic”) assumptions of royal power does not adequately describe the nature of political power in the Ptolemaic development of Egypt. I examine the process of Ptolemaic state formation from the point of view of the expansion and the settlement...
  • Cultural links between India and the Greco-Roman world

    Cyrus the Great (558-530 BC) built the first universal empire, stretching from Greece to the Indus River. This was the famous Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia. An inscription at Naqsh-i-Rustam, the tomb of his able successor Darius I (521-486 BC), near Persepolis, records Gadara (Gandhara) along with Hindush...
  • Alexandros I Balas

    Alexandros I Balas was a Seleucid king from 152 BC to 145 BC. As the seleucid king Demetrius I Soter (162-150 BC) became more and more unpopular due to his arrogance and drunkennes, it was quite an easy task for the rival kingdoms, such as Pergamum or Egypt to stir up a revolt against him. As a competitor...
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The Eastern Hemisphere, 100 BC Map of the Successor Kingdoms, c. 303 BC Map of the Mediterranean 218 BC Map of the Ptolemaic World Ptolemy I Soter and Wife Eurydice Map of Europe in 220 BC
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