Wealth distribution in an ancient Egyptian society

Faculty Science Year: 2002
Type of Publication: Article Pages:
Authors: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.057104
Journal: PHYSICAL REVIEW E AMER PHYSICAL SOC Volume: 66
Research Area: Physics ISSN ISI:000179630800187
Keywords : Wealth distribution , , ancient Egyptian society    
Abstract:
Modern excavations yielded a distribution of the house areas in the ancient Egyptian city Akhetaten, which was populated for a short period during the 14th century B.C. Assuming that the house area has a power law dependence of the wealth of its inhabitants allows us to make a comparison of the wealth distributions in ancient and modern societies.
   
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