Academy of Gondēshāpūr | school, Iran | Britannica (original) (raw)

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    In education: Ancient Persia
    …as it developed in the Academy of Gondēshāpūr. There Zoroastrian culture, Indian and Greek sciences, Alexandrian-Syrian thought, medical training, theology, philosophy, and other disciplines developed to a high degree, making Gondēshāpūr the most advanced academic centre of learning in the later period of Sāsānian civilization. Students from various parts of…
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• Khosrow I
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    In Khosrow I: Patron of culture.
    …later famous medical school of Gondēshāpūr was probably started in Khosrow’s reign, and the famous physician Burzoe is supposed to have been sent to India by Khosrow to gather Sanskrit books of learning to be translated into the Middle Persian language. The game of chess reportedly was also brought by…
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• Shāpūr I
  • In Shāpūr I
    …to build the city of Gondēshāpūr, later famous as a centre of learning. Using the same captives, who excelled the Persians in technical skill, he built the dam at Shūshtar known from that time as the Band-e Qeyṣar, Dam of Caesar.
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