The Oxford handbook of Roman Egypt  [Texte imprimé] / 
edited by Christina Riggs 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2012 
 - 1 vol. (791 p.) ;  26 cm 
 - Oxford handbooks .
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<br/><br/>Land and State -- City, Town, and Chora -- People -- Religion -- Texts and Language --  Images and Objects -- Borders, Trade, and Tourism 
<br/><br/> Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and religious belief, and the management of agriculture and trade. Roman Egypt was a literal and figurative crossroads shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas, and framed by permeable boundaries of self and space 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-19-957145-1 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Egypt / Civilization / 332 B.C.-638 A.D. Egypt / History / Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D Romans / Egypt 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>932.022