Sitta von Reden Livres

The book delves into the transformative effects of coinage introduction in Egypt during the early Ptolemaic period. It examines how this shift influenced economic practices, trade dynamics, and social structures within the region. By analyzing historical contexts and archaeological findings, the work highlights the significance of coinage in shaping the political and cultural landscape of ancient Egypt.

Das Lehrbuch bietet einen an der neuesten Forschung orientierten Überblick über die antike Wirtschaft und ermöglicht Einblicke in den Zusammenhang von Landwirtschaft, Gewerbe, Handel, Märkten und Abgabensystemen sowie die ökologischen, demographischen, politischen und technischen Bedingungen, die die antike Wirtschaft prägten. So zeigt die Autorin, dass sich eine Wirtschaft auch unter ganz anderen Bedingungen als in der Moderne entwickeln konnte.

This volume offers a comparative perspective on the control of water and water supply as political means of stabilizing, legitimizing and representing power. Water is a scarce and at the same time un-substitutable means of life whose successful control can help to demonstrate the success of political régimes. Ancient, Early Modern and modern states did and still do use this opportunity to stabilize their power, while aesthetically appealing or materially impressive hydraulic works of engineering visually encapsulate that power. But their building also mobilizes and concentrates manpower, taxes and know-how so that, so the argument of this book, successful water control and state-building were interrelated processes.