In this book, Kenneth Hirth provides a comparative view of the organization of ancient and premodern society and economy. Hirth establishes that humans adapted

"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 po

This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contr

Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt a

Ancient market activities are dynamic in the economies of most ancient states, yet they have received little research from the archaeological community. Archaeo