Gundeshapur
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Gundeshapur was a prominent Sasanian city in southwestern Iran renowned as a major center of learning, medicine, and philosophy in late antiquity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gundeshapur canonical | 5 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sasanian city
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ |
| approximateModernLocation |
near Dezful
ⓘ
near Shush ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greek physicians
ⓘ
Indian physicians ⓘ Nestorian Christian scholars ⓘ |
| country | Sasanian Empire ⓘ |
| culturalInfluences |
Greek
ⓘ
Indian ⓘ Persian ⓘ Syriac Christian ⓘ |
| declineAfter |
Muslim conquest of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic conquest of Iran
|
| era | pre-Islamic Iran ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
astronomy
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
6th century
ⓘ
7th century ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Shapur I ⓘ |
| foundingDynasty |
Sasanian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Sasanian dynasty
|
| hadInstitution |
Academy of Gondishapur
ⓘ
surface form:
Academy of Gundeshapur
Gundeshapur hospital ⓘ Academy of Gondishapur ⓘ
surface form:
Gundeshapur medical school
|
| influenced |
Baghdad medical tradition
ⓘ
early Islamic medicine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
center of learning
ⓘ
hospital and medical school ⓘ medical scholarship ⓘ multilingual scholarship ⓘ philosophy ⓘ translation of Greek works ⓘ |
| languageOfScholarship |
Greek
ⓘ
Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Persian
Sanskrit ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khuzestan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Iran ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Shapur I ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sasanian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Sasanian Mesopotamia
|
| region |
Khuzestan
ⓘ
surface form:
Khuzestan plain
|
| religiousCommunities |
Christian Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Christians
Jews ⓘ Zoroastrians ⓘ |
| role |
imperial administrative center
ⓘ
intellectual hub ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.