Nisibis/Antiochia

settlement · 330 BC – 1599 AD

Nisibis/Antiochia was an ancient city of Mesopotamia that began as part of an Aramaean kingdom that the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari II captured in 896 BC. Following its capture by Alexander the Great, the city became Antiochia Mygdonia under the Seleucids.

Coordinates

37.06751, 41.21545

Also known as

Antiochia, Antiócheia Mugdonikḗ (grc), Antiócheia hē en Mugdonía (grc), Nisibis, Nuṣaybīn (ota), Nísibis (grc), Νίσιβις (grc), Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐν Μυγδονίᾳ (grc), Ἀντιόχεια Μυγδονική (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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