Politics, finance, and consequences : a study of the relations between politics and finance in the ancient world with special reference to the consequences of sound and ansound policies / Charles Jesse Bullock.

Chapter I. Egyptian politics and finance -- 1. Politics and Finance, 3 -- 2. The Early Monarchy, 4 -- 3. Khety's Testament, 6 -- 4. Increasing Expenditure and Revenues, 9 -- 5. Egyptian Administration, 11 -- 6. Feudalism in Egypt, 13 -- 7. Restoration of Monarchy and Development of Empire, 14 -- 8. Splendor Followed by Decline, 16 -- 9. End of the Empire, 18 -- 10. The Later Monarchy, 21 -- 11. Egyptian Bureaucracy, 22 -- 12. Bureaucrats and the Army, 25 -- 13- Graphic Summary of Egyptian Political and Financial History, 27 -- Chapter II. Four oriental kingdoms and empires -- 14- Early Babylonia and Assyria, 29 -- 15- The Second Assyrian Empire, 30 -- 16. The Second Babylonian Empire, 35 -- 17- The Kingdom of the Hebrews, 38 -- 18. Uniformities in the History of the Countries Surveyed, 45 -- 19- Magnificence and its Consequences, 48 -- Chapter III. Politics and treasure -- 20. Persian Imperial Finance, 50 -- 21. The Kingdom of Lydia, 61 -- 22. Conclusions Concerning Persian and Lydian Finance, 70 -- Chapter IV. Introductory survey of Greek finance -- 23- Greek Politics, 74 -- 24- Writers on Greek Finance, 79 -- 25- General Survey of Greek Financial Practice, 85 -- 26. The Finances of Tyrants, 89 -- Chapter V. Athenian politics and finance -- 27. Athenian Hegemony: The Great Age 102 28. Parasitical Finance; Miscellaneous Revenues, 118 -- 29. Direct Taxes, Liturgies, Special Services, and Donations, 124 -- Chapter VI. Athens and Macedonia -- 30. Financial Administration: Eubulus, the Macedonian Problem, and Lycurgus, 141 -- 31. The Achievements of Athens, 480-355 B.C., 148 -- 32. Macedonian Supremacy: Demosthenes, 152 -- 33. The Financial Plans of Demosthenes, 155 -- 34. Certain Consequences Set Forth by Demosthenes, 159 -- 35. Epilogue, 161 -- Chapter VII. Two commercial oligarchies -- 36. The Carthaginian Empire, 166 -- 37. The Government of Carthage, 168 -- 38. Carthaginian Finance, 173 -- 39. Rome and Carthage, 175 -- 40. The End of Carthage, 183 -- 41. The Rhodians and their Great City, 187 -- 42. The Political and Commercial Development of Rhodes, 189 -- 43. The Great Achievements of the Rhodians, 194 -- 44. The Character of the Oligarchy of Rhodes, 195 -- 45. Aristotle's Classification of Oligarchies, 199 -- Bibliography, 203 -- Index, 207.