The Economy of Late Achaemenid and Seleucid Babylonia

ISBN-13: 9781107106062 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 260 str.

Reinhard Pirngruber

Opis

This book devises an innovative way to analyse Babylonian commodity price data in its historical context using formal statistical analysis.

Spis treści

1. The economy of late Achaemenid and Seleucid Babylonia: state of the problem, methodology and sources; Part I. Structure: 2. Some key developments in first-millennium Babylonia; 3. Land, labour and capital: the factors of production; 4. Price volatility and storage; Part II. Performance: 5. A price history of Babylonia, c.400–c.140 BC; 6. Historical events in a quantitative analysis.