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I I a s u r v e y of t h e h i s t o r y of Minor Asia u p t o t h e H e t h i t e s period, I I I B a b y l o n u n d e r t h e Cassites, t h e political a n d religious deve-l o p m e n t , I V t h e Churri, У t h e E m p i r e of H i t t i t e s , V I t h e r e a c t i o n against t h e control of m o u n t a i n - t r i b e s , V I I Minor Asia d u r i n g t h e m i g r a t i o n of n a t i o n s ) .
T h e t h i r d subdivision: T h e struggle f o r political a n d spiritual p r e d o m i n a n c e : I A. t h e worls-embracing d o m i n a t i o n of Assur, B. t h e a n t a g o n i s m s in Assur's world-empire, t h e v i c t o r y of Ara-i n e a n d o m a n d of t h e M a r d u k - f a Ara-i t h I I P e r s Ara-i a n w o r l d - e m b r a c Ara-i n g e m p i r e of t h e A c h a e m e n i d e s .
F o r t h e h i s t o r i a n in law a n d papyrologists are of special impor-t a n c e impor-t h e pages dealing w i impor-t h such m a impor-t impor-t e r s as: impor-t h e k i n g a n d impor-t h , l S t a t e , f r o m t h e f i r s t p a r t (p. 62 — 70); t h e S t a t e a n d t h e c o m m u e n i t y in B a b y l o n (p. 297); t h e E m p i r e of H i t t i t e s (p. 349); t h e r o y a -idea a n d t h e organization of t h e Persian w o r l d - e m b r a c i n g empire of t h e A c h a e m e n i d e s (p. 461). N o t e w o r t h y is also t h e discussion on t h e H a m m u r a b i ' s legislation (p. 293, 296 f f ) ; on t h e H i t t i t e (p. 353) a n d Assyrian (p. 382) codes.
A. C. Johnson, Egypt and the Roman Empire, Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 1951 (The J e r o m e Lectures Se-cond Series).
This book consists of 6 c h a p t e r s : I f i d u c i a r y c u r r e n c y a n d its regulation, I I i n f l a t i o n , I I I l a n d t e n u r e , I V s e r f d o m in B y z a n t i n e E g y p t , V t a x a t i o n in B y z a n t i n e E g y p t , V I t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of E g y p t . T h e c h a p t e r s of this v o l u m e c o n s t i t u t e t h e second series of Thomas Spencer Jerome lectures, given a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Michigan in 1947 a n d in t h e followig y e a r a t t h e A m e r i c a n Acade-m y in B o Acade-m e . T h e a u t h o r t r e a t e s of t h e various econoAcade-mic phases of E g y p t u n d e r R o m a n rule, especially t h e r e g u l a t i o n of currency a n d t a x a t i o n . F o r t h e j u r i s t s t h e c h a p t e r s I I I , I V , a n d V I are t h e m o s t i n s t r u c t i v e .
E. Seidl, Einführung in die ägyptische Rechtsgeschichte bis zum Ende des neuen Reichs I Juristischer Teil 1951.
This is a new edition of this b o o k published in 1939 (cf. Journ. of Jur. Pap. I, p. 83 f f ) . T h e r e is t a k e n notice of t h e h i t h e r t o n o t v e r y n u m e r o u s p u b l i c a t i o n s b y t h e change of t h e t e x t p. 27 a n d p. 52 a n d besides b y t h e s u p p l e m e n t s p. 62.
