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Contents Preface vii Notes for the Reader ix Maps xii Part I.Setting the Scene 1.Introduction: Transport and the Economy of the Roman World 3 2.The Geography, Topography and Land Transport Networks of Egypt 17 Part II.Transport Resources 3.Transport Animals and Wagons 49 4.Animal Use and Maintenance 70 5.Animal Trade and Ownership 91 Part III.The Organization of Transport 6.State Control of Animal Ownership 119 7.Animal Requisition 135 Part IV.Case Studies 8.State Grain Transport 159 9.Deserts and Military Supply 196 10.Trade and Transport 220 11.Transport and the Land Economy 254 Conclusion 283 Bibliography 292 Index Locorum 315 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Transportation -- Egypt -- History.
Egypt -- Economic conditions.