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Economic structures of antiquity

The economy of the ancient Middle East and Greece is reinterpreted by Morris Silver in this provocative new synthesis.
Print Book, English, 1995
Greenwood Press, Westport (Connecticut), 1995
XXIV, 262 p. 24 cm.
9780313293801, 0313293805
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AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NotesTranscriptions and PhoneticsSymbolsReferencesChronological TableIntroductionStructural Characteristics of the Ancient EconomyGods as Inputs and Outputs of the Ancient EconomyAdaptations of Markets and Hierarchical Relationships to Transaction CostsWho Were the Entrepreneurs? The Problem of "Public" EnterpriseCommercial Transport, Gains from Trade, Storage, and Diffusion of New TechnologyMarkets in the Ancient Near East: The Challenge of the EvidenceThe Existence of MarketsThe Credibility of MarketsThe Response to Changes in Economic Incentives and Public PolicyNew Markets and Land ConsolidationChanges in Economic Policy and OrganizationConcluding RemarksSelected BibliographyIndex