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Chauveau, Michel.

Egypt in the age of Cleopatra history and society under the Ptolemies Michel Chauveau ; translated from the French by David Lorton. - Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press c2000. - vii, 226 p. ill., map 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.

Historical perspective -- Greek pharaohs and their subjects - Cities and countryside -- Economy and society -- Priests and temples -- Living on the death of others -- Soldiers and peasants -- Two languages, two cultures, three writing systems.

ISBN: 0801435978 (cloth) 0801485762 (pbk.)

LCCN: 99049898

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA0-39452

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ptolemaic dynasty 305-30 B.C.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.

LC Class. No.: DT61 / .C4613 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 932.021 / C511e I