| Geschenke Und Steuern, Zölle Und Tribute: Antike Abgabenformen in Anspruch Und Wirklichkeit Contributor(s): Klinkott, H. (Editor), Kubisch, S. (Editor), Müller-Wollermann, Renate (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004160655 ISBN-13: 9789004160651 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $321.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: November 2007 Annotation: This book examines modes of economic contribution in the ancient world, chiefly through taxes, tribute, and gifts. The interdisciplinary approach supplies the basis for economic terminology, taking into account the specific cultural context and the correlation between modern and ancient termini. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 336.200 |
| Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East |
| Physical Information: 570 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines modes of economic contribution in the ancient world through taxes, tribute, or so-called gifts. Specialists in the field of the ancient Near East, Egypt, classical Greece, Rome, and Israel, joined by an economic anthropologist, present a fresh evaluation of the textual and archaeological evidence. A prime question explored is the extent to which these disparate sources complement or contradict each other. State-imposed transactions were often recorded with an ideological bias, much dependent on whether the donors and recipients were viewed as in- or outsiders. The present interdisciplinary approach supplies the basis for the ancient economic terminology of contribution, taking into account the specific cultural context, the language of 'international' policy, and the correlation between modern and ancient termini. |