2 天之前 · Under the influence of Barsauma, Bishop of Nisibis, the Church of the East officially accepted as normative the teaching not of Nestorius himself, but of his teacher Theodore of Mopsuestia, whose writings the 553 Second Council of Constantinople condemned as Nestorian but some modern scholars view them as orthodox. [45]

1 天前 · Now firmly established in the Persian Empire, with centres in Nisibis, Ctesiphon, and Gundeshapur, and several metropolitan sees, the Church of the East began to branch out beyond the Sasanian Empire. However, through the 6th century the church was frequently beset with internal strife and persecution from the Zoroastrians.

16 小时之前 · Cizre (Turkish:) [nb 1] is a city in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. [14] It is located on the river Tigris by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border.Cizre is in the historical region of Upper Mesopotamia and the cultural region of Turkish Kurdistan. [15] The city had a population of 130,916 in 2021. [1]Cizre was founded as Jazirat …

1 天前 · Approximate map of the preceding Middle Assyrian Empire at its height in the 13th century BC Imperialism and the ambition of establishing a universal, all-encompassing empire was a long-established aspect of royal ideology in the ancient Near East prior to the rise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

2 天之前 · In 527, a Roman offensive against Nisibis was repulsed and Roman efforts to fortify positions near the frontier were thwarted. In 530, Kavad sent an army under Perozes to attack the important Roman frontier city of Dara. The army was met by the Roman general Belisarius, and, though superior in numbers, was defeated at the Battle of Dara.

2 天之前 · Map of the troop movements during the first two years of the Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 AD over the Kingdom of Armenia, detailing the Roman offensive into Armenia and capture of the country by Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo Parthian king making an offering to the god Herakles-Verethragna. Masdjid-e Suleiman, Iran. 2nd–3rd century AD. Louvre ...

5 天之前 · Map of ancient Silk Road and Spice Route. Thomas's alleged visit to China is mentioned in the books and church traditions of Saint Thomas Christians in India, [51] some of whom claim descent from the early Christians evangelized by Thomas the Apostle in AD 52.