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020			_a9781139519649 (ebook)
020			_z9781107033351 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aDT92 _b.P79 2013
082	0	0	_a932/.021 _223
245	0	4	_aThe Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile : _bStudies in Waterborne Power / _cedited by Kostas Buraselis, Mary Stefanou, Dorothy J. Thompson.
246	3		_aThe Ptolemies, the Sea & the Nile
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (294 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWith its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.
700	1		_aBuraselis, Kostas, _eeditor.
700	1		_aStefanou, Mary, _eeditor.
700	1		_aThompson, Dorothy J., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107033351
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519649
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37117 _d37117