Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Author: Andrew Meadows

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0199240124

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The papers in this volume re-assess the role of coined money in the ancient Greek world. Using new approaches, the book makes the results of numismatic as well as historical research accessible to students and scholars of ancient history.


The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece

The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece

Author: David Schaps

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2015-09-02

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0472036408

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Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society and brought with it rationalization and social leveling in some respects, while simultaneously producing new illusions, paradoxes, and new elites. In a book that will encourage scholarly discussion for some time, David M. Schaps addresses a range of important coinage topics, among them money, exchange, and economic organization in the Near East and in Greece before the introduction of coinage; the invention of coinage and the reasons for its adoption; and the developing use of money to make more money.


The Ancient Economy

The Ancient Economy

Author: Moses I. Finley

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780520024366

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"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."--Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens


Money and its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Money and its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Author: Andrew Meadows

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2001-11-16

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0191553743

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The papers in this volume reassess the role of coined money in the ancient Greek world. Using new approaches, the book makes the results of numismatic as well as historical research accessible to students and scholars of ancient history. The chapters provide a wide-ranging account of the political, social, and economic contexts within which coined money was used. In Part One the book focuses on the theme of monetization and the politics of coinage, while Part Two provides a series of case studies relating to the production and use of coined money in different areas of the Greek-speaking world, including Asia Minor, Egypt, and Rhodes as well as Greece itself. The individual chapters cover a broad chronological range from Archaic Greece to Roman Egypt. The book as a whole offers fresh insights into an important aspect of the ancient Greek economy.


Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece

Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece

Author: Richard Seaford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-11-22

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1316772071

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Brings together a wide range of papers written with a single vision. Greek tragedy, the New Testament, representations of the inner self, Greek and Indian philosophy, Wagner: these seemingly disparate phenomena are analysed with special attention to the shaping influence of ritual and of money.


The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy

The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy

Author: Alain Bresson

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-11-03

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1400852455

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A revolutionary account of the ancient Greek economy This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the field, and he is helping to redefine it. Here he combines a thorough knowledge of ancient sources with innovative new approaches grounded in recent economic historiography to provide a detailed picture of the Greek economy between the last century of the Archaic Age and the closing of the Hellenistic period. Focusing on the city-state, which he sees as the most important economic institution in the Greek world, Bresson addresses all of the city-states rather than only Athens. An expanded and updated English edition of an acclaimed work originally published in French, the book offers a groundbreaking new theoretical framework for studying the economy of ancient Greece; presents a masterful survey and analysis of the most important economic institutions, resources, and other factors; and addresses some major historiographical debates. Among the many topics covered are climate, demography, transportation, agricultural production, market institutions, money and credit, taxes, exchange, long-distance trade, and economic growth. The result is an unparalleled demonstration that, unlike just a generation ago, it is possible today to study the ancient Greek economy as an economy and not merely as a secondary aspect of social or political history. This is essential reading for students, historians of antiquity, and economic historians of all periods.


The Ancient Greek Economy

The Ancient Greek Economy

Author: Edward M. Harris

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 1107035880

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Markets, Households and City-States in the Ancient Greek Economy brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy. The essays investigate the role of market-exchange in the economy of the ancient Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.


When Money Talks

When Money Talks

Author: Frank L. Holt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 019751765X

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"Money may seem hopelessly mundane and culturally meaningless, but it has dominated--and documented--world history since the time of the ancient Greeks. This heavily illustrated book provides a spirited account of the first coinages and their living descendants in our pockets and purses. It explains how people from Jesus to The Beatles have used numismatics to explore the social, political, economic, and religious history of the world"--