Agriculture in Egypt
Subtitle: from pharaonic to modern times
By: edited by Alan K. Bowman & Eugene Rogan
Contributors: Bowman, Alan K; Rogan, Eugene L; British Academy
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy -- 96
Publisher: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Agriculture -- Egypt -- History
Description: "From the Pharaohs to the United Arab Republic of the present day, Egypt's agriculture has been subject to very different forms of political power and organisation. The papers in this volume draw on the abundant documentary and archaeological evidence to analyse and compare the patterns of agricultural exploitation across historical periods (including Ptolemaic, Roman and Ottoman times)."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references