Death on the Nile: Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt - Mnemosyne Supplements; History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity - Walter Scheidel - Books - Brill - 9789004123236 - September 19, 2001
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Death on the Nile: Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt - Mnemosyne Supplements; History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity

Walter Scheidel

Death on the Nile: Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt - Mnemosyne Supplements; History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity

A pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the relationship between disease and demography, this book breaks new ground in reconstructing the evolution of mortality patterns, age structure and population density in premodern Egypt.


290 pages, Illustrations, maps

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 19, 2001
ISBN13 9789004123236
Publishers Brill
Pages 290
Dimensions 112 × 178 × 14 mm   ·   657 g
Language English  

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