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Also known as Pumpedita, Pumbedisa

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Vinony's link graph records 85 inbound references to Pumbedita, and connects out to Sherira Gaon, Iraq and Jewish people.

It is catalogued under topics including Babylonia, Babylonian cities and History of Fallujah.

Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.

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Ancient site.name
Pumbedita

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Iraq
Located in
Fallujah
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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native label
פומבדיתא
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Pumbedita ( Pūm Bəḏīṯāʾ, "Mouth of the Bedita") was an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq. It is known for having hosted the Pumbedita Academy.

==History== The city of Pumbedita was said to have possessed a Jewish population since the days of Second Temple of Jerusalem.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pumbedita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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