Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis)

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ancient city former bishopric historical settlement

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Νίσιβις	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ former bishopric ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Ephrem the Syrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob of Nisibis NERFINISHED ⓘ Narsai of Nisibis NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededBy	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededByTreaty	Jovian–Shapur II treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededTo	Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy	Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Aramaean settlers ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains	ancient urban structures ⓘ churches ⓘ fortifications ⓘ
hasNameInArabic	Naṣībīn NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInLatin	Nisibis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInSyriac	Naṣībīn NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInTurkish	Nusaybin NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	School of Nisibis NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Christian learning ⓘ center of early Christian scholarship ⓘ theological studies ⓘ
locatedIn	Mardin Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Nusaybin NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	border with Syria ⓘ
onTradeRoute	Silk Road branches ⓘ route between Mesopotamia and Anatolia ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Osroene region NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	East Syriac tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
siteOf	Roman–Persian wars NERFINISHED ⓘ sieges of Nisibis NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole	commercial crossroads ⓘ frontier fortress ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ
wasBishopricOf	Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Nisibis → hasNameInLanguage → Greek: Νίσιβις (Nisibis) ⓘ