The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile Studies in Waterborne Power |
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Editor:
| Buraselis, Kostas Stefanou, Mary Thompson, Dorothy J. |
ISBN: | 978-1-107-03335-1 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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Throughout history empire has required communications over an extended area. In the case of the Ptolemies, who ruled Egypt for three hundred years, the wide-ranging power and cultural achievements of their realm depended on their practical and intellectual mastery of Alexandria's waterborne connections across the Mediterranean and up the Nile.
Throughout history empire has required communications over an extended area. In the case of the Ptolemies, who ruled Egypt for three hundred years, the wide-ranging power and cultural achievements of their realm depended on their practical and intellectual mastery of Alexandria's waterborne connections across the Mediterranean and up the Nile.