Ancient Taxation : : The Mechanics of Extraction in Comparative Perspective / / ed. by Jonathan Valk, Irene Soto Marín.

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• MitwirkendeR: Campbell, Roderick B.,; Crabtree, Pam J.,; García, Juan Carlos Moreno,; Garfinkle, Steven,; Korolkov, Maxim,; Marín, Irene Soto,; Matessi, Alvise,; Monson, Andrew,; Nakassis, Dimitri,; Payne, Richard E.,; Tan, James,; Valk, Jonathan,; d’Alfonso, Lorenzo,
• HerausgeberIn: Marín, Irene Soto,; Valk, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: ISAW Monographs ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 6 b/w illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Preface --; 1. A State of Extraction: Navigating Taxation in Ancient Polities --; Tax Systems --; 2. Taxing Questions: Financing the Chinese Bronze Age --; 3. Co- Option and Patronage: The Mechanics of Extraction in Southern Mesopotamia under the Third Dynasty of Ur --; 4. The Extractive Systems of the Mycenaean World --; 5. Extracting Cohesion: Fiscal Strategies in the Hittite Staple Economy --; 6. Taxation in Anglo- Saxon England, Fifth– Ninth Centuries CE --; 7. Taxation, Aristocratic Autonomy, and Theories of Reciprocity in the Iranian Empire --; Tax Transitions --; 8. Fiscal Transformation during the Formative Period of Ancient Chinese Empire (Late Fourth to First Century BCE) --; 9. The Fiscality of Foreign Relations in the Roman Republic (241– 146 BCE) --; 10. Changes and Limits of Royal Taxation in Pharaonic Egypt (2300– 2000 BCE) --; 11. Greek Perspectives on Fiscal Administration under Alexander the Great --; 12. The Anabolikon Tax and the Study of the Linen Industry in Roman Egypt --; About the Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479806225; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754056; 9783110753813; 9783110739107
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479806225.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jonathan Valk, Irene Soto Marín.

A collection of studies that explores the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient worldAncient Taxation is a collection of studies that explores the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. The contributors discuss the inherent challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral societies, including basic tax strategy (e.g., taxing goods vs. labor, in-kind vs. money taxes, etc.); the mechanics of assessment and collection; and the politics of negotiating the cooperation of social, economic, and political élites and other important social groups. In assembling a broad range of studies, this book sheds new light on the commonalities and differences between ancient taxation systems, and so on the broader fiscal and institutional practices of antiquity. It also provides new impetus for further comparative research into extractive practices across ancient societies and between antiquity and recent historical periods.The book will be of interest to those studying ancient social and economic history, the history of social organization, and the history of ancient Greece and Rome, Egypt, the Ancient Near East, or ancient China.