Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 1. Egypt in the First Millennium BC 19
8. CHAPTER 2. The Historical Understanding of the Ptolemaic State 29
9. CHAPTER 3. Moving beyond Despotism, Economic Planning, and State Banditry 55
10. CHAPTER 4. Shaping a New State 73
11. CHAPTER 5. Creating a New Economic Order Economic Life and Economic Policy under the Ptolemies 117
12. CHAPTER 6. Order and Law Shaping the Law in a New State 165
13. CHAPTER 7. Conclusions 202
14. APPENDIX. The Trial Record of the Property Dispute Held at the Temple of Wepwawet in Asyut, Upper Egypt, 170 BC before the Local Laokritai-judges 207
15. Bibliography 217
16. Index 259
17. Index of Sources 263