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1. School Of Nisibis

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   The School of Nisibis (Syriac: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ, Ērāmāyā d-Nṣīḇīn) was an influential center of Syriac learning located in the city of Nisibis (modern Nusaybin, Turkey), which occupied a strategically vital position on the frontier between the Roman/Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. Established formally in the late 4th century, though drawing on older Syriac traditions from nearby Edessa, the school rapidly developed into the preeminent…