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Towards a History of Immigration to Hellenistic Egypt: The Contribution of Ethnic Designations to Research

La'da, Csaba A. (2020) Towards a History of Immigration to Hellenistic Egypt: The Contribution of Ethnic Designations to Research. Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, 66 (1). pp. 45-82. ISSN 0066-6459. (doi:10.1515/apf-2020-0005) (KAR id:81766)

Abstract

This study argues that ethnic designations in the documentary sources constitute our best evidence for immigration to Hellenistic Egypt, for the ethnic composition of the population and for the relative proportions of the different immigrant groups in relation to each other. Ethnic designations indicate that Hellenistic Egypt became ethnically diverse and that a substantial proportion of immigrants arrived from outside the Graeco-Macedonian world.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1515/apf-2020-0005
Uncontrolled keywords: Hellenistic Egypt; immigration; ethnic terminology
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DE The Greco-Roman World
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Csaba La'da
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2020 14:05 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2022 11:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/81766 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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