LEADER 04528nam 22007572 450 001 9910779980503321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-23821-8 010 $a1-108-43666-8 010 $a1-107-34933-8 010 $a1-139-51964-6 010 $a1-107-34589-8 010 $a1-107-34839-0 010 $a1-107-34214-7 010 $a1-107-34464-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108222 035 $a(EBL)1139737 035 $a(OCoLC)847521069 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000890261 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11448732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000890261 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10883328 035 $a(PQKB)10708846 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139519649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1139737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10740462 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL508565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1139737 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108222 100 $a20120528d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Ptolemies, the sea and the Nile $estudies in waterborne power /$fedited by Kostas Buraselis, Mary Stefanou, Dorothy J. Thompson$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-03335-7 311 $a1-299-77314-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIn memoriam F.W. Walbank /$rChristian Habicht --$g1.$tIntroduction /$rDorothy J. Thompson and Kostas Buraselis --$g2.$tThe Ptolemaic League of Islanders /$rAndrew Meadows --$g3.$tCallicrates of Samos and Patroclus of Macedon: champions of Ptolemaic thalassocracy /$rHans Hauben --$g4.$tRhodes and the Ptolemaic kingdom : the commercial infrastructure /$rVincent Gabrielsen --$g5.$tPolybius and Ptolemaic sea power /$rAndrew Erskine --$g6.$tPtolemaic grain, seaways and power /$rKostas Buraselis --$g7.$tWaterborne recruits : the military settlers of Ptolemaic Egypt /$rMary Stefanou --$g8.$tOur academic visitor is missing : Posidippus 89 (A-B) and "smart capital" for the thalassocrats /$rPaul McKechnie --$g9.$tAspects of the diffusion of Ptolemaic portraiture overseas /$rOlga Palagia --$g10.$tPtolemies and piracy /$rLucia Criscuolo --$g11.$tThe Nile police in the Ptolemaic period /$rThomas Kruse --$g12.$tHellenistic royal barges /$rDorothy J. Thompson --$g13.$tEudoxus of Cyzicus and Ptolemaic exploration of the sea route to India /$rChristian Habicht --$g14.$tTimosthenes and Eratosthenes : sea routes and Hellenistic geography /$rFrancesco Prontera --$g15.$tClaudius Ptolemy on Egypt and East Africa /$rKlaus Geus. 330 $aWith 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 piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife. 517 3 $aThe Ptolemies, the Sea & the Nile 606 $aSea-power$zEgypt$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aPiracy$zEgypt$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aEgypt$xHistory, Naval 607 $aMediterranean Sea$xHistory 607 $aRed Sea$xHistory 607 $aNile River$xHistory 607 $aEgypt$xRelations$zGreece$zRhodes 607 $aRhodes (Greece)$xRelations$zEgypt 615 0$aSea-power$xHistory 615 0$aPiracy$xHistory 676 $a932/.021 686 $aHIS002000$2bisacsh 702 $aBuraselis$b Kostas 702 $aStefanou$b Mary 702 $aThompson$b Dorothy J.$f1939- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779980503321 996 $aThe Ptolemies, the sea and the Nile$93696532 997 $aUNINA