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4 - The Urbanisation of Egypt’s Western Desert under Roman Rule

from Part II - Oasis Origins in the Sahara: A Region-by-Region Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

By
Anna Lucille Boozer
Edited by
Martin Sterry  and
David J. Mattingly
Martin Sterry
Affiliation:
University of Durham
David J. Mattingly
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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The oases of Egypt’s Western Desert had long been a focus of Egyptian, Persian, and Ptolemaic exploitation and investment by the time they were incorporated into the Roman Empire. Despite this long history of intervention, it is clear that the oases of antiquity reached their greatest occupational density under Roman rule. Along with this population increase came substantial investment in cities. Several of these centres acquired formal urban status within the Empire, signalling their importance in the Roman political, social, and economic organisation of their Empire.

As systematic research in the Western Desert began in the 1970s, we can make only tentative suggestions about diachronic change, the morphology of urban sites, and the causes of these developments. Despite the many lacunae in what follows, it is important to explore the urbanisation of the Western Desert now in order to guide future research in this remarkable region. In particular, this chapter examines the relationship between urbanisation and phases of colonialism and imperialism, which brought these oases into new social, economic and political relationships.

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Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond , pp. 147 - 186
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