The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Sitta von Reden
SeriesCambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 152
Category/GenreEconomic history
ISBN/Barcode 9781108404846
ClassificationsDewey:330.938
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 4 August 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is the most comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy available in English. A team of specialists provides in non-technical language cutting edge accounts of a wide range of key themes in economic history, explaining how ancient Greek economies functioned and changed, and why they were stable and successful over long periods of time. Through its wide geographical perspective, reaching from the Aegean and the Black Sea to the Near East and Egypt under Greek rule, it reflects on how economic behaviour and institutions were formed and transformed under different political, ecological and social circumstances, and how they interacted and communicated over large distances. With chapters on climate and the environment, market development, inequality and growth, it encourages comparison with other periods of time and cultures, thus being of interest not just to ancient historians but also to readers concerned with economic cultures and global economic issues.

Author Biography

Sitta von Reden is Professor of Ancient History at Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg. Her previous books includes Exchange in Ancient Greece (1995), Money in Ptolemaic Egypt (Cambridge, 2007), and Money in Classical Antiquity (Cambridge, 2010). In 2017 she won an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council for a global economic history project entitled 'Beyond the Silk Road: Exchange, Economic Development and Inter-Imperial Relationships in the Afro-Eurasian World Region (300 BCE-300 CE)'.