Dorothy J Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5202953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorothy J Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorothy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt: Sources in Translation
Ancient Egypt offers rich sources of documentary evidence for the study of the experiences of dependent people, particularly enslaved persons, and how they changed over almost four millennia from the Old Kingdom to the early Islamic period. This volume, the work of a team of scholars spanning the full range of disciplines and languages involved, provides nearly three hundred primary sources in translation, arranged both chronologically and themat…
Alexander and Alexandria in Life and Legend
This chapter is concerned with Alexander in Egypt in both life and legend. Subjects discussed include his foundation of Alexandria, which became a new capital for Egypt on the Mediterranean coast, his expedition through the Libyan desert to Siwah, where the oracle’s recognition of the conqueror as son of Zeus-Ammon resonated in both Greek and Egyptian cultic terms, his acceptance as the pharaoh of Egypt, and finally, after his death in Babylon, h…
Memphis under the Ptolemies: Second Edition
Cleruchs, Egypt
Cleruchs were the army settlers in Ptolemaic Egypt, who were endowed by the king with a plot of land to provide a livelihood and a home base when they were not employed on active service. They thus became tied to the new regime, which was important in the competitive world of the early Hellenistic period following Alexander's conquest of the east. Over time the status of both cleruchs and cleruchic land developed and changed, until under the Roma…
Memphis, Ptolemaic and Roman
In various periods, Memphis was Egypt's capital city. With the foundation of Alexandria it became Egypt's second city. This entry introduces Memphis as an international, economic, and religious center in both Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
Land and Taxes in Ptolemaic Egypt: An Edition, Translation and Commentary for the Edfu Land Survey ( P. Haun. IV 70)
This book provides the first edition with an extensive introduction and full commentary of a unique land survey written on papyrus in Greek which derives from that area of southern (Upper) Egypt known as the Apollonopolite (or Edfu) nome and is now preserved in Copenhagen. Dating from the late second century BC, this survey provides a new picture of both landholding and taxation in the area which differs significantly from that currently accepted…
The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of pirac…
Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power
Hellenistic royal barges
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Memphis, Ptolemaic and Roman
Memphis (modern Bedrashein), located on the Nile some 40 km south of the Delta apex, had been the first capital of Egypt in the Old Kingdom.
Cleruchs, Egypt
Cleruchs were the army settlers in Ptolemaic Egypt, who were endowed by the king with a plot of land ( kleros ) to provide a livelihood and a home base when they were not employed on active service.
Double cropping
Double cropping is the term applied to the cultivation of more than one cereal crop a year. This was not common practice in the ancient world since it requires extra watering. It was, however, attempted in early Hellenistic Egypt on the initiative of Ptolemy II Philadelphos as part of the intense outburst of agricultural experimentation of his reign.
Slavery in the Hellenistic world
INTRODUCTION When Alexander of Macedon conquered the former Persian empire in the last third of the fourth century bc , the different forms of dependence that he found there seem likely to have exceeded those familiar to the Greek world from which he came. Following this conquest much was left in place, but the spread of Greek-style chattel slavery represented a real change in the Hellenistic world. While attempting, therefore, to place chattel s…
The Cambridge World History of Slavery
Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery, which is argued to have been a cultur…
The Hellenistic Family
In the seventh year of the reign of Alexander son of Alexander, when Ptolemy was satrap for the fourteenth year, in the month of Dios. Marriage contract of Herakleides and Demetria. Herakleides from Temnos takes as his lawful wife Demetria from Kos, a free man a free woman, from her father Leptines from Kos and her mother Philotis. She brings into the marriage her clothing and jewellery worth 1,000 drachmas. Herakleides shall provide Demetria whi…
The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World
This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alex…
Encounters with Ancient Egypt
Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, Dorothy J. Thompson, Sue Davies, Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 41 (2004), pp. 173-191
The Salt-Tax Rate Once Again
L'auteur s'interroge sur la periodisation de la fixation des tarifs de la taxe sur le sel a la periode ptolemaique en general, et de la fixation du du tarif C (4 oboles pour les hommes et 1,5 oboles pour les femmes) en particulier. Il semblerait que ce dernier ait ete instaure dans la 5e annee du regne de Ptolemee III Evergete I, en 242 av. J.-C
Egypt, 146–31 b.c.
THE LATER PTOLEMIES In Egypt 146 b.c. , the year of the destruction of Corinth and Carthage, was the last full year in the life of Ptolemy VI Philometor, who died fighting in Syria in the following autumn. Apart from a brief period of joint reign (170–164 b.c. ) when Egypt had been seriously threatened by Antiochus IV and when Rome, in July 168, first actively interfered in the affairs of the Ptolemies (Vol. VIII 342–4), the two sons of Epiphanes…
The Cambridge Ancient History
Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the 'Fall of the Roman Republic'. Chapters 1-12 supply a narrative of the period from 133 BC to the death of Cicero in 43 BC, with a prelude analysing the situation and problems of the Republic from the turning-point year 146 BC. Chapters 13-19 offer analysis of aspects of Roman society, institutions, and ideas during the period. …
The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 9, the Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 BC
Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the 'Fall of the Roman Republic'. Chapters 1-12 supply a narrative of the period from 133 BC to the death of Cicero in 43 BC, with a prelude analysing the situation and problems of the Republic from the turning-point year 146 BC. Chapters 13-19 offer analysis of aspects of Roman society, institutions, and ideas during the period. …
Thebes in the Graeco-Roman Period (Colloquium Leiden, 9-11 September 1992)
Ptolemaios and the ‘Lighthouse’: Greek culture in the Memphite Serapeum
‘Lord Proteus: the saviour of the Hellenes, this watchman of Pharos, was built by Sostratos, son of Dexiphanes, a Cnidian. In Egypt there are no mountain-peaks, as in the islands: but low lies the breakwater where ships may harbour. Therefore this tower, cleaving the sky straight and upright, shines in the daytime countless leagues away: and all night long the sailor who runs with the waves shall see a great light blazing from its summit. And he …
Ptolemaische Urkunden aus Mummienkartonage
The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic World
Published in 1928, Volume VII of the Cambridge Ancient History orginally covered both the history of the Hellenistic world from the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC down to the Peace of Naupactus and the battle of Raphia in 217 BC and the history of Rome from its foundation down to the same date. In the new edition the Greek and Roman sections have been assigned to two separate volumes. Of these, VII part I opens after the death of Alexander, in 323 BC,…
Ptolemaios and the ‘Lighthouse’: Greek culture in the Memphite Serapeum
‘Lord Proteus: the saviour of the Hellenes, this watchman of Pharos, was built by Sostratos, son of Dexiphanes, a Cnidian. In Egypt there are no mountain-peaks, as in the islands: but low lies the breakwater where ships may harbour. Therefore this tower, cleaving the sky straight and upright, shines in the daytime countless leagues away: and all night long the sailor who runs with the waves shall see a great light blazing from its summit. And he …
The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic World
Published in 1928, Volume VII of the Cambridge Ancient History orginally covered both the history of the Hellenistic world from the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC down to the Peace of Naupactus and the battle of Raphia in 217 BC and the history of Rome from its foundation down to the same date. In the new edition the Greek and Roman sections have been assigned to two separate volumes. Of these, VII part I opens after the death of Alexander, in 323 BC,…
Ptolemaische Urkunden aus Mummienkartonage
Ptolemaios and the ‘Lighthouse’: Greek culture in the Memphite Serapeum
‘Lord Proteus: the saviour of the Hellenes, this watchman of Pharos, was built by Sostratos, son of Dexiphanes, a Cnidian. In Egypt there are no mountain-peaks, as in the islands: but low lies the breakwater where ships may harbour. Therefore this tower, cleaving the sky straight and upright, shines in the daytime countless leagues away: and all night long the sailor who runs with the waves shall see a great light blazing from its summit. And he …
Thebes in the Graeco-Roman Period (Colloquium Leiden, 9-11 September 1992)
Egypt, 146–31 b.c.
THE LATER PTOLEMIES In Egypt 146 b.c. , the year of the destruction of Corinth and Carthage, was the last full year in the life of Ptolemy VI Philometor, who died fighting in Syria in the following autumn. Apart from a brief period of joint reign (170–164 b.c. ) when Egypt had been seriously threatened by Antiochus IV and when Rome, in July 168, first actively interfered in the affairs of the Ptolemies (Vol. VIII 342–4), the two sons of Epiphanes…
The Cambridge Ancient History
Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the 'Fall of the Roman Republic'. Chapters 1-12 supply a narrative of the period from 133 BC to the death of Cicero in 43 BC, with a prelude analysing the situation and problems of the Republic from the turning-point year 146 BC. Chapters 13-19 offer analysis of aspects of Roman society, institutions, and ideas during the period. …
The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 9, the Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 BC
Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the 'Fall of the Roman Republic'. Chapters 1-12 supply a narrative of the period from 133 BC to the death of Cicero in 43 BC, with a prelude analysing the situation and problems of the Republic from the turning-point year 146 BC. Chapters 13-19 offer analysis of aspects of Roman society, institutions, and ideas during the period. …
The Salt-Tax Rate Once Again
L'auteur s'interroge sur la periodisation de la fixation des tarifs de la taxe sur le sel a la periode ptolemaique en general, et de la fixation du du tarif C (4 oboles pour les hommes et 1,5 oboles pour les femmes) en particulier. Il semblerait que ce dernier ait ete instaure dans la 5e annee du regne de Ptolemee III Evergete I, en 242 av. J.-C
Encounters with Ancient Egypt
Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, Dorothy J. Thompson, Sue Davies, Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 41 (2004), pp. 173-191
The Hellenistic Family
In the seventh year of the reign of Alexander son of Alexander, when Ptolemy was satrap for the fourteenth year, in the month of Dios. Marriage contract of Herakleides and Demetria. Herakleides from Temnos takes as his lawful wife Demetria from Kos, a free man a free woman, from her father Leptines from Kos and her mother Philotis. She brings into the marriage her clothing and jewellery worth 1,000 drachmas. Herakleides shall provide Demetria whi…
The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World
This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alex…
Slavery in the Hellenistic world
INTRODUCTION When Alexander of Macedon conquered the former Persian empire in the last third of the fourth century bc , the different forms of dependence that he found there seem likely to have exceeded those familiar to the Greek world from which he came. Following this conquest much was left in place, but the spread of Greek-style chattel slavery represented a real change in the Hellenistic world. While attempting, therefore, to place chattel s…
The Cambridge World History of Slavery
Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery, which is argued to have been a cultur…
Memphis, Ptolemaic and Roman
Memphis (modern Bedrashein), located on the Nile some 40 km south of the Delta apex, had been the first capital of Egypt in the Old Kingdom.
Cleruchs, Egypt
Cleruchs were the army settlers in Ptolemaic Egypt, who were endowed by the king with a plot of land ( kleros ) to provide a livelihood and a home base when they were not employed on active service.
Double cropping
Double cropping is the term applied to the cultivation of more than one cereal crop a year. This was not common practice in the ancient world since it requires extra watering. It was, however, attempted in early Hellenistic Egypt on the initiative of Ptolemy II Philadelphos as part of the intense outburst of agricultural experimentation of his reign.
The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of pirac…
Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power
Hellenistic royal barges
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Land and Taxes in Ptolemaic Egypt: An Edition, Translation and Commentary for the Edfu Land Survey ( P. Haun. IV 70)
This book provides the first edition with an extensive introduction and full commentary of a unique land survey written on papyrus in Greek which derives from that area of southern (Upper) Egypt known as the Apollonopolite (or Edfu) nome and is now preserved in Copenhagen. Dating from the late second century BC, this survey provides a new picture of both landholding and taxation in the area which differs significantly from that currently accepted…
Memphis, Ptolemaic and Roman
In various periods, Memphis was Egypt's capital city. With the foundation of Alexandria it became Egypt's second city. This entry introduces Memphis as an international, economic, and religious center in both Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
Cleruchs, Egypt
Cleruchs were the army settlers in Ptolemaic Egypt, who were endowed by the king with a plot of land to provide a livelihood and a home base when they were not employed on active service. They thus became tied to the new regime, which was important in the competitive world of the early Hellenistic period following Alexander's conquest of the east. Over time the status of both cleruchs and cleruchic land developed and changed, until under the Roma…
Memphis under the Ptolemies: Second Edition
Alexander and Alexandria in Life and Legend
This chapter is concerned with Alexander in Egypt in both life and legend. Subjects discussed include his foundation of Alexandria, which became a new capital for Egypt on the Mediterranean coast, his expedition through the Libyan desert to Siwah, where the oracle’s recognition of the conqueror as son of Zeus-Ammon resonated in both Greek and Egyptian cultic terms, his acceptance as the pharaoh of Egypt, and finally, after his death in Babylon, h…
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt: Sources in Translation
Ancient Egypt offers rich sources of documentary evidence for the study of the experiences of dependent people, particularly enslaved persons, and how they changed over almost four millennia from the Old Kingdom to the early Islamic period. This volume, the work of a team of scholars spanning the full range of disciplines and languages involved, provides nearly three hundred primary sources in translation, arranged both chronologically and themat…
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