02164nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781139519649 UkCbUP 20171019141106.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120528s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139519649 (ebook) 9781107033351 (hardback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda DT92 .P79 2013 932/.021 23 The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile : Studies in Waterborne Power / Edited by Kostas Buraselis, Mary Stefanou, Dorothy J. Thompson. The Ptolemies, the Sea & the Nile Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). 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 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. Buraselis, Kostas, editor of compilation. Stefanou, Mary, editor of compilation. Thompson, Dorothy J., editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107033351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519649 227672 227672