Documentary Sources in Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman Economic History: Methodology and Practice

by Michael Jursa and Heather D. Baker

This volume breaks new ground in approaching the Ancient Economy by bringing together documentary sources from Mesopotamia and the Greco-Roman world. Addressing textual corpora that have traditionally been studied separately, the collected papers overturn the conventional view of a fundamental divide between the economic institutions of these two regions. The premise is that, while controlling for differences, texts from either cultural setting can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782977589
• ISBN13: 9781782977582
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"