The last pharaohs : Egypt under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC / J.G. Manning.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Egypt in the first millennium BC -- The historical understanding of the Ptolemaic state -- Moving beyond despotism, economic planning, and state banditry : Ptolemaic Egypt as a premodern state -- Shaping a new state : the political economy of the Ptolemies -- Creating a new economic order : economic life and economic policy under the Ptolemies -- Order and law shaping the law in a new state -- Conclusions -- Appendix: The trial record of the property dispute held at the Temple of Wepwawet in Asyut, Upper Egypt, 170 BC, before the local laokritai-judges.

The contents of this book cover Egypt in the first millennium BC, the historical understanding of the Ptolemaic state, moving beyond despotism, economic planning and state banditry, shaping a new state, and much more.