Tāsā (English spelling)

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[Primitive agricultural culture]
In the Alluvial Epoch, the Sahara became a desert, and the natural conditions of the Nile Basin became almost the same as they are today. Agriculture, which originated in West Asia, was introduced, and the oldest agricultural remains in Egypt can be found at Merimde Banī Salāma (Merimde ruins) on the western edge of the Delta, Faiyum (Faiyum A culture), and Tasa (Tāsā) in Middle Egypt. There are many unresolved issues regarding the age and nature of these remains, but they are currently believed to be a Neolithic culture that began around 5000 BC and continued throughout the 5th millennium BC.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

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［原始農耕文化］
　沖積世に入ると乾燥化はいっそう進んでサハラは砂漠となり，ナイル流域の自然条件はほぼ現在に近づく。西アジア起源の農耕が伝わり，デルタ西縁のメリムデ･バニー･サラーマMerimde Banī Salāma(メリムデ遺跡)，ファイユーム(ファイユームA文化)，中エジプトのターサTasa(ターサーTāsā)にエジプト最古の農耕遺跡がみられる。これらの遺跡の時代･性格など未解決の部分が多いが，今のところ前5000年ころに始まり，前5千年紀を通じて存続した新石器文化とされている。…

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