Tag: Ptolemaic

January 5, 2025

The Decline and Fall of the Ptolemies Ptolemaic Egypt 146-30 BC

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Free Download The Decline and Fall of the Ptolemies: Ptolemaic Egypt 146-30 BC by John D Grainger
English | December 30th, 2024 | ISBN: 1399090127 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 4.17 MB
The death of Ptolemy VI brought his younger brother Ptolemy VIII to the kingship. This was the start of a prolonged, if intermittent, turbulent period of family strife, punctuated by rebellions, Descriptions and wars. One king, Ptolemy VII, was murdered, Ptolemy VIII’s two simultaneous wives Descriptionted and rebelled, and when he died one of these, Kleopatra III, was his effective successor.

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January 14, 2024

Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris (2-Vol. Set) A Network Analytical Approach to a Bilingual Community

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Free Download Lena Tambs, "Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris (2-Vol. Set): A Network Analytical Approach to a Bilingual Community "
English | ISBN: 9004500251 | 2022 | pages | PDF | 10 MB
This study tackles pertinent questions about daily life and socio-economic interactions in the late Ptolemaic town of Pathyris (186-88 BCE) through an empirically grounded network analysis of 428 Greek and Demotic documents associated with 21 archives from the site.

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January 11, 2024

Households in Context Dwelling in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt

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Free Download Caitlín Eilís Barrett, "Households in Context: Dwelling in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt"
English | ISBN: 1501771302 | 2024 | 368 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
Households in Context shifts the focus from monumental temples, tombs, and elite material and visual culture to households and domestic life to provide a crucial new perspective on everyday dwelling practices and the interactions of families and individuals with larger social and cultural structures. A focus on households reveals the power of the everyday: the critical role of quotidian experiences, objects, and images in creating the worlds of the people who live with them.

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