Location:
Iraq
Coordinates:
33.3535, 43.7855
Events at Pumbedita (9)
259
ID: 4855
Nehardea destroyed, Pumbedita founded - After Palmyrene attack, academy relocates to Pumbedita
ID: 4855
300
ID: 4873
Babylonian academies on Jesus - Talmud includes cryptic references to 'Yeshu', competing narrative to Gospels
ID: 4873
320
ID: 4857
Abaye and Rava lead Pumbedita - Golden age of Talmudic dialectic, only 6 halakhic disputes decided for Abaye
ID: 4857
500
ID: 4861
Babylonian Talmud essentially complete - Savoraim begin minor additions and explanations
ID: 4861
550
ID: 4862
Savoraim period ends - Final anonymous additions to Talmud, text reaches current form
ID: 4862
589
ID: 4863
Geonic period begins - Heads of Babylonian academies become authorities for worldwide Jewry
ID: 4863
650
ID: 4864
Islam conquers Babylon - Jewish academies continue under Muslim rule, new legal questions arise
ID: 4864
928
ID: 4866
Saadia Gaon leads Sura - Fights Karaites, translates Bible to Arabic, writes philosophy
ID: 4866
1038
ID: 4867
Babylonian academies decline - Last major Gaon dies, center of Jewish life shifts to Spain and Europe
ID: 4867