Academy of Gondishapur

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ancient academy intellectual center medical school teaching hospital

The Academy of Gondishapur was a renowned Sasanian-era intellectual and medical center in present-day Iran, famous for its advanced hospital, medical school, and role in preserving and synthesizing Greek, Persian, and Indian knowledge.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Academy of Gundeshapur	1
Gundeshapur medical school	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient academy ⓘ intellectual center ⓘ medical school ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ
approximateFoundationCentury	3rd century ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Sasanian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineAfterEvent	Islamic conquest of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationalModel	integration of clinical practice and teaching ⓘ
employed	Greek-trained physicians ⓘ Persian scholars ⓘ Syriac-speaking Christian physicians ⓘ
era	Sasanian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
floruitCentury	6th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ
hasPart	hospital ⓘ library ⓘ medical school ⓘ translation center ⓘ
influenced	Baghdad’s House of Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Golden Age medicine ⓘ hospital systems in the Islamic world ⓘ
knownFor	advanced hospital ⓘ medical education ⓘ preservation of Greek knowledge ⓘ preservation of Indian knowledge ⓘ preservation of Persian knowledge ⓘ synthesis of Greek, Persian, and Indian learning ⓘ translation of scientific texts ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	Greek ⓘ Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
legacy	prototype for later Islamic hospitals and medical schools ⓘ
locatedIn	Gondishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Khuzestan NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron	Sasanian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivedRefugeeScholarsFrom	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	hub for transmission of Hellenistic science to the Islamic world ⓘ major center of late antique medical learning ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Khosrow I → patronOf → Academy of Gondishapur ⓘ

Gundeshapur → hadInstitution → Academy of Gondishapur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy of Gundeshapur

Gundeshapur → hadInstitution → Academy of Gondishapur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gundeshapur medical school