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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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)