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.