Gundeshapur

Gundeshapur (Persian Persian: گندی‌شاپور‎, Gund-ī Shāh Pūr, Gondeshapur, Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour, Gundishapur, Gondêšâpur, Jund-e Shapur, Jundê-Shâpûr, etc. (means Army of Shapour), Pahlavi Weh-Andiôk-Šâbuhr, Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܦܬ‎ Beth Lapat and Greek Bendosabora) was the intellectual center of the Sassanid empire and the home of the Academy of Gundishapur.