Ta-Shema

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Ta-Shema was the ancient Egyptian term for Upper Egypt, the southern region of the Nile Valley that formed one of the two core lands of the Egyptian kingdom.

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Ta-Shema canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Upper Egypt
ancient Egyptian region
historical region
associatedWithAnimal vulture
associatedWithColor white
associatedWithDeity Nekhbet
associatedWithSymbol White Crown of Upper Egypt
borderedBy Lower Egypt
Ta-Mehu
contains Abydos
Dendera
Edfu
Elephantine
Eleventh Nome of Upper Egypt
linked to: Theban nome

Esna
First Nome of Upper Egypt
linked to: Theban nome

Hierakonpolis
Thebes
Twelfth Nome of Upper Egypt
linked to: Theban nome
correspondsTo Upper Egypt
country Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
extendsFrom area south of Memphis
extendsTo First Cataract of the Nile
hasCapital Nekhen
linked to: Hierakonpolis

Thebes
Waset
hasCulturalRole symbol of southern Egypt
hasEgyptianName tꜣ-šmꜥ
hasRole core land of Egyptian kingdom
hasType geopolitical division
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian
locatedIn Nile Valley
southern Nile Valley
meaning the land of the sedge
oppositeOf Ta-Mehu
pairedWith Ta-Mehu in royal titulary
partOf Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Two Lands of Egypt
politicalStatus constituent region of unified Egypt
representedIn Egyptian royal iconography
timePeriod Early Dynastic Egypt
Late Period of Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Pharaonic period
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Predynastic Egypt
usedBy ancient Egyptians
writingSystemOfName Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Ta-Mehu contrastedWith Ta-Shema