A nation that arose from the ruins of [Eharon] after the [Trolloc Wars].

! Location

Shiota was located in the region of present day [Altara] and [Illian|Country of Illian].

! Ruling Body

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! References (Possible Spoilers)
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* In [Guide]
** [Guide] - Shiota was one of the nations taken by [Guaire Amalasan] during the [War of the Second Dragon|False Dragons] FY 939 - 943.
* In [The Fires of Heaven]
** [TFoH,Ch54] - Feather-dancers were common in Shiota.
* In [A Crown of Swords]
** [ACoS,Prologue] - [Kyera Termendal] of Shiota wrote a much disputed translation of ''The [Prophecies of the Dragon|Karaethon]'' between FY 700 and FY 800.
** [ACoS,Ch39] - [Mat] recalls a [Sea Folk] woman calling an Shiotan soldier a son of the sands just before trying to kill him.
* In [The Path of Daggers]
** [TPoD,Ch2] - [Madic] tells [Moridin] that the %%ot [*angreal|Angreal]%% stash contained relics from the [Age of Legends], [Eharon] and Shiota.
** [TPoD,Ch3] - On the way to the [farm|Farm] [Elayne] and her party ride by the ruins of a giant statue of a Shiotan warrior queen.
** [TPoD,Ch22] - [Rand] and his army pass a statue that [Bashere] says is probably a queen of Shiota.
* In [Knife of Dreams]
** [KoD,Ch8] - [Mat] recalls being an [Esandara]n lord when [Esandara] and [Nerevan] invaded Shiota five hundred years after the [Trolloc Wars].
** [KoD,Ch10] - When [Mat] sees the ghost village he recognizes the construction, buildings up to three stories with heavy timber framing and whitish plaster between, high-peaked roofs of thatch and tall stone chimneys, as typical of country building in Shiota.
** [KoD,Ch11] - [Tuon] asks [Mat] about cities and lands but ironically he knows more about [Eharon] and Shiota than [Caemlyn] and [Tear|Country of Tear].
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