1) Assyrian settlement 
Gondēshāpūr was the intellectual center of the Sassanid empire and the home of the Academy of Gundishapur. Founded by Sassanid king Shapur I, Gundeshapur was home to a teaching hospital, and also comprised a library and a centre of higher learning. It has been identified with extensive ruins south of Shahabad, a village 14 km south-east of Dezf...