Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis)

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Nisibis is an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, historically significant as a strategic frontier town and center of early Christian scholarship, located in what is now southeastern Turkey.

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Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
former bishopric ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Ephrem the Syrian ⓘ
Jacob of Nisibis ⓘ
Narsai of Nisibis ⓘ
cededBy Roman Empire ⓘ
cededByTreaty Jovian–Shapur II treaty ⓘ
cededTo Sasanian Empire ⓘ
controlledBy Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
foundedBy Aramaean settlers ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains ancient urban structures ⓘ
churches ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
hasNameInArabic Naṣībīn ⓘ
hasNameInLatin Nisibis ⓘ
hasNameInSyriac Naṣībīn ⓘ
hasNameInTurkish Nusaybin ⓘ
knownFor School of Nisibis ⓘ
Syriac Christian learning ⓘ
center of early Christian scholarship ⓘ
theological studies ⓘ
locatedIn Mardin Province ⓘ
linked to: Mardin

Turkey ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
modern Nusaybin ⓘ
linked to: Nusaybin

southeastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedOn border with Syria ⓘ
onTradeRoute Silk Road branches ⓘ
route between Mesopotamia and Anatolia ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Osroene region ⓘ
linked to: Osroene

Roman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
religiousTradition East Syriac tradition ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac rite

Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Churches
siteOf Roman–Persian wars ⓘ
sieges of Nisibis ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Nisibis
strategicRole commercial crossroads ⓘ
frontier fortress ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
wasBishopricOf Church of the East ⓘ

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Nisibis → hasNameInLanguage → Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) ⓘ