Nisibis; Nisibin

Japanese: ニシビス（英語表記）Nisibis; Nisibin

An ancient city in southeastern Asia Minor. Nusaybin, Turkey. Around the 2nd century BCE, it was the residence of Armenian kings. Located at the point where the mountain road in Asia Minor leads into northern Syria, it has long been a strategic and commercial point, and a key transportation point between the East and West. It was the site of frequent fierce battles between the Roman and Parthian empires. It later became a religious center for the Nestorians and Jacobites, and was occupied by the Sassanid Persians in the 5th century and by the Arabs in 640. During the caliphate period, it became a fortress, but fell into decline due to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century and internal unrest.

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Japanese:

小アジア南東部にあった古代の城市。現トルコのヌサイビン。前2世紀頃にはアルメニア王の居城であった。小アジアの山岳道から北部シリアに入る地点に位置し，古くから戦略上および商業，東西交通の要衝であったため，この地をめぐってローマ帝国とパルティア帝国との間にたびたび激戦が繰返された。のちネストリウス派およびヤコブ派の宗教的中心地となり，5世紀にはササン朝ペルシアにより，640年にはアラブによって占領され，カリフ時代には城塞となったが，13世紀のモンゴルの侵攻と内部的騒乱のため衰退した。

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