Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover
  • Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover

Aperghis: The Seleukid Royal Economy. The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire Hardcover

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G. G. Aperghis

The Seleukid Royal Economy

The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire

Cambridge University Press 2004. Hardcover. 361 pp. First edition. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

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The Seleukid empire, the principal successor-state of the empire of Alexander the Great, endured for over 200 years and stretched, at its peak, from the Mediterranean to the borders of India. This book provides a wide-ranging study of the empire's economy and the methods used by the Seleukid kings to monetise and manage it so as to extract tribute, rent and taxes as efficiently as possible. It uses a variety of Greek literary sources and inscriptions, cuneiform texts, archaeological, numismatic and comparative evidence to explore in detail the manner of exploitation of their lands and subjects by the Seleukid kings, their city-building activity, the financing of their armies and administration, the use they made of coinage and their methods of financial management. The book adopts a highly original, numerical approach throughout, which leads to a quantified model of the economy of an ancient state.
• Provides a wide-ranging study of the economy of the Seleukid empire • Adopts a highly original numerical approach to the subject • Presents a quantified model of an ancient economy
Contents
Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Sources and methods; 2. Historical summary; 3. The posing of a problem; Part II. The Underlying Economy: 4. Geography and population; 5. Production and exchange; 6. The granting of land; Part III. The Royal Economy: 7. Ps-Aristotle's Oikonomika, book II; 8. Revenue; 9. The handling of surpluses; 10. Expenditure; 11. Coinage; 12. A model of the Seleukid economy; 13. Financial administration; General conclusions.
Review
 Review of the hardback: '… the book succeeds in raising fundamental questions about the economy in imperial states. Aperghis' study is therefore relevant for more than economic history alone. Offering valuable insights into, and raising fundamental questions about, the finances of the Seleukid Empire, it is also of interest for political historians working on Greco-Macedonian imperialism in the East, perhaps even for those interested in the functioning of empires in general.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Weight: 0.700 kg (packaging included)
Ancient Near Eastern hoards of randomly shaped silver pieces, generically called Hacksilber, have come increasingly to be interpreted as hoards of pre-coinage currency. These papers present new insights into the circulation and use of these hoards, drawing on new scientific and documentary analyses. The authors explore the important question of how roughly hacked material gradually evolved into pre-weighed and stamped coinage; the foundation of all modern monetary systems.

Contents: The silver hoard from Tel Dor ( Ephraim Stern ); The Tel Mique-Ekron silver hoards: The Assyrian and Phoenician connections ( Seymour Gitin and Amir Golani ); The Silver Trail: response to the papers of Ephraim Stern and Seymour Gitlin ( William G Dever ); The impact on the natural sciences of Hacksilber and early silver coinage ( Zofia A Stos-Gale ); The conceptual prehistory of money and its impact on the Greek economy ( David M Schaps ); Observations on monetary instruments in pre-coinage Greece ( John H Kroll ); Analyzing and interpreting the metallurgy of early electrum coins ( Paul T Keyser and David D Clark ); Remarks on the value and standards of early electrum coins ( Robert Wallace ).

Weight: 0.840 kg  (packaging included)

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