David A. Warburton
State and Economy in Ancient Egypt
Fiscal Vocabulary of the New Kingdom
1. Auflage 1997
379 Seiten gebunden
ISBN 978-3-525-53787-9
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis - Band 151
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Combining philological investigation and theoretical reasoning, this book offers a completely new interpretation of the economic role of the state in ancient Egypt. The first part provides background outlining the relevance of Keyne’s General Theory to the ancient Egyptian economy. The central part uses ancient Egyptian texts as the foundation of an analysis of words commonly assumed to relate to taxation during the New Kingdom (c. 1540–1070 B.C.E.). The conclusions summarize the philological results and explore the role of the temples in the ancient Egyptian state during the New Kingdom. The result places ancient Egyptian taxation and state economic activity in a market context, opening a new path to the understanding of the ancient Egyptian economy based on an analysis of primary sources.
