Triangular landscapes : environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule /

Blouin, Katherine,

Triangular landscapes : environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule / Environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule Katherine Blouin. - Oxford [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps. - Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Using papyri and other sources documenting the Mendesian Nome, a district of the North-Eastern Nile Delta, this volume investigates the complex networks of relationships between Mendesian environments, socio-economic dynamics, and agro-fiscal policies in the Roman period.



9780199688722 9781322023311


Land use--History.--Egypt
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Egypt.


Electronic Books.

DT92 / .T753 2014