Thebaid

E106900

historical region region of Upper Egypt

Thebaid was a historic region of Upper Egypt centered around Thebes, known in late antiquity as a major administrative and monastic center.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Thebaid canonical	12
Lower Thebaid	1
Upper Thebaid	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Upper Egypt ⓘ
administrativeStatus	Byzantine province ⓘ Roman province ⓘ
associatedWith	Desert Fathers ⓘ anchoritic monasticism ⓘ cenobitic monasticism ⓘ
borders	Heptanomis ⓘ Nubia ⓘ
centeredOn	Thebes ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
createdBy	Diocletian ⓘ surface form: Roman Emperor Diocletian
culturalSignificance	center of Theban religious traditions ⓘ site of major temple complexes near Thebes ⓘ
dividedInto	Thebaid self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lower Thebaid Thebaid self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upper Thebaid
establishedAsProvince	late 3rd century ⓘ
geographicalExtent	region around ancient Thebes in southern Egypt ⓘ
hasCapital	Thebes ⓘ
hasType	ecclesiastical province ⓘ
knownAs	Thebais ⓘ surface form: Thebaida Thebais ⓘ Thebais ⓘ surface form: Thebaïs
language	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Egypt ⓘ
majorCity	Antinoopolis ⓘ Coptos ⓘ Dendera ⓘ surface form: Hermonthis Lycopolis ⓘ Panopolis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
mentionedIn	Christian hagiography ⓘ Roman administrative documents ⓘ
notableMonasticCenter	Theban desert ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Diocese of Egypt ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ
religiousSignificance	important center of early Christian monasticism ⓘ
roleInLateAntiquity	major administrative center ⓘ major monastic center ⓘ
strategicImportance	frontier region toward Nubia ⓘ
timePeriod	late antiquity ⓘ
usedAs	place of exile in Roman and Byzantine periods ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Egypt → contains → Thebaid ⓘ

Thebes → region → Thebaid ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

Anthony the Great → associatedWith → Thebaid ⓘ

Thebaid → dividedInto → Thebaid self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Thebaid

Thebaid → dividedInto → Thebaid self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Thebaid

Antinoopolis → province → Thebaid ⓘ

Coptic period → religiousCenter → Thebaid ⓘ

Atripé → region → Thebaid ⓘ

Sahidic Coptic → region → Thebaid ⓘ

Eusebius of Vercelli → placeOfExile → Thebaid ⓘ

Historia Monachorum in Aegypto → settingRegion → Thebaid ⓘ

Pachomius the Great → associatedWith → Thebaid ⓘ

Qus → historicalRegion → Thebaid ⓘ

Tentyris → regionHistorically → Thebaid ⓘ