B Economic Actors in the Arsakid Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20055030 |
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| Authors | Razieh Taasob (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 147-158 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies : Volume 2 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9783110607642-006 |
| OpenAlex | W4200311104 |
| ISBN | 9783110607642 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This chapter follows from the previous and concentrates on a particular range of economic actors that were involved in the financial administration of the Arsakid Empire. The Arsakid tributary system relied on a differentiated, hierarchical structure of central and regional officials cooperating with private entrepreneurs to collect, deposit, and manage tax revenue. Unfortunately, the scant and patchy evidence does not allow us to reconstruct a full picture across all regions under Arsakid influence. 1 Instead, we must piece together a mosaic of preexisting Achaemenid and Seleukid practices, which the Arsakids do not seem to have changed radically, supplemented by evidence for the financial administration of cities and Babylonian temple administration. 2 We will begin with a brief survey of the practices known from the Achaemenid and Seleukid periods, followed by a discussion of the evidence from Arsakid Dura-Europos, a Seleukid foundation on the western bank of the Middle Euphrates, and the financial organization of the Babylonian temples under the Arsakids
Ancient history · Empire · Political science · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History
| Highly cited | No |
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