Ptolemy I and the Transformation of Egypt, 404-282 Bce

by Paul McKechnie

Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the 'Greek millennium' (J.G. Manning's phrase) in Egypt―living long enough to leave a powerful kingdom to his youngest son, Ptolemy II, in 282.
In this book, expert studies document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004366962
• ISBN13: 9789004366961
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"