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OverviewA pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the interaction between local disease environments and demographic structure, this book breaks new ground in reconstructing the population history of Egypt during the Roman period and beyond. Drawing on a wide range of sources from ancient census data and funerary commemorations to modern medical accounts, statistics and demographic models, the author explores the nature of premodern disease patterns, challenges existing assumptions about ancient age structure, and develops a new methodology for the assessment of Egyptian poplation size. Contextualising the study of Roman Egypt within the broader framework of premodern demography, ecology and medical history, this is the first attempt to interpret and explain demographic conditions in antiquity in terms of the underlying causes of disease and death. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Walter ScheidelPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 228 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.695kg ISBN: 9789004123236ISBN 10: 9004123237 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 19 September 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationWalter Scheidel teaches Ancient History at the University of Chicago. He has published widely on ancient social and economic history, including Measuring sex, age and death in the Roman empire (1996) and Debating Roman Demography (Brill, 2001). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |