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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10185406 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) Context triple: [Nisibis, hasNameInLanguage, Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis)]
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A.
Greek "Tripolis"
Greek "Tripolis" is an ancient Greek term meaning "three cities," historically used as a place name for regions or settlements composed of three closely linked urban centers.
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B.
Naissos (Greek form)
Naissos is the ancient Greek name for the city of Naissus, a historically significant settlement in the central Balkans, near modern-day Niš in Serbia.
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C.
Pisidian
Pisidian is an extinct Anatolian language once spoken in the Pisidia region of southwestern Asia Minor, known from limited inscriptions dating to the first millennium BCE.
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D.
Judeo-Greek
Judeo-Greek is a group of Greek dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities in the Greek-speaking world, incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements into their vocabulary and traditions.
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E.
Greek "Armageddōn"
Greek "Armageddōn" is the Hellenized New Testament form of the term “Armageddon,” referring to the apocalyptic battlefield mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) Target entity description: 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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A.
Greek "Tripolis"
Greek "Tripolis" is an ancient Greek term meaning "three cities," historically used as a place name for regions or settlements composed of three closely linked urban centers.
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B.
Naissos (Greek form)
Naissos is the ancient Greek name for the city of Naissus, a historically significant settlement in the central Balkans, near modern-day Niš in Serbia.
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C.
Pisidian
Pisidian is an extinct Anatolian language once spoken in the Pisidia region of southwestern Asia Minor, known from limited inscriptions dating to the first millennium BCE.
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D.
Judeo-Greek
Judeo-Greek is a group of Greek dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities in the Greek-speaking world, incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements into their vocabulary and traditions.
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E.
Greek "Armageddōn"
Greek "Armageddōn" is the Hellenized New Testament form of the term “Armageddon,” referring to the apocalyptic battlefield mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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former bishopric ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Ephrem the Syrian
ⓘ
Jacob of Nisibis ⓘ
linked to:
Saint 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
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churches ⓘ fortifications ⓘ |
| hasNameInArabic | Naṣībīn ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatin | Nisibis ⓘ |
| hasNameInSyriac | Naṣībīn ⓘ |
| hasNameInTurkish | Nusaybin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
School of Nisibis
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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
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route between Mesopotamia and Anatolia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Empire
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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
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman–Persian Wars
sieges of Nisibis ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Nisibis
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| strategicRole |
commercial crossroads
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frontier fortress ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ |
| wasBishopricOf |
Church of the East
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linked to:
Assyrian Church of the East
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Subject: Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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