Around the 1st century CE, Nisibis (Hebrew: נציבין, romanized: Netzivin) was the home of Judah ben Bethera, who founded a famous yeshiva there. [11] The Roman Near East under Pompey in 63 BCE, showing Nisibis in Parthian territory south of Roman Corduene

Nov 15, 2006 · Nisibis is the Greek name for a city of great antiquity, sited in a plain below Mons Masius (the modern Tur Abdin) and on the river Jhagjhaga (Greek: Mygdonius). It was well-positioned along the main arteries of trade between Syria and the lands beyond the Tigris, and between Mesopotamia and Armenia.

Nisibis (Greek Νίσιβις; modern Nusaybin): ancient town in Mesopotamia, famous for its late-Roman school. Nisibis, Church of Mar Jacob. Situated along the road from Assyria to Syria, Nisibis has always been an important trade center. Here, travelers had to cross the small river Mygdonius ("fruit river" in Aramaic).

Dec 9, 2024 · Nusaybin faces the Syrian town of Al-Qāmishlī and is 32 miles (51 km) south-southeast of Mardin. Strategically commanding the entrance to the upper plains of Syria from the mountain passes of Asia Minor (Anatolia), Nusaybin—then called Nisibis—was a frontier outpost of the Assyrian empire.

Nisibis, the place where Severus lived, was the chief city (see Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography) of Mygdonia, a small district in the northeast part of Mesopotamia. It was situated in a rich and fruitful country, was long the center of a very extensive trade, and was the great northern emporium for the merchandise of the east ...

A border town in Turkey today opposite Syrian Qamishli, Nisibis was a frontier town in ancient times in an area contested between the Roman and Persian empires.

Nisibis, known today as Nusaybin, is a historical town located in southeastern Turkey, at the foothills of the Tur Abdin mountain range, near the river Mygdonius. The area has been significant since the first millennium BC, originally serving as the capital of the Aramaic state of Hanigalbat. Over the centuries, Nisibis has changed hands among various empires, including the …

Nestorianism, Christian sect that originated in Asia Minor and Syria stressing the independence of the divine and human natures of Christ and, in effect, suggesting that they are two persons loosely united.

Nisibis, today known as Nusaybin in Turkey, was one of the Roman Border Fortresses in Mesopotamia and the capital of Roman Mesopotamia. It defended against the Parthian Empire, along with Dura Europos and Amida .

NISIBIS (Neşibin, Nezibin), the modern townlet Nesib in S. Anatolia. Over a long period (under the Roman rule, until 363; and under the rule of Persia and the Arabs) Nisibis was a flourishing trading station on the commercial route from the Far East to the western countries.