Complex sentence: First mentioned as an Aramean settlement "Naşibīna" in 901 BCE and was captured by Assyria in 896 BCE, in the 4th and 5th centuries CE it was one of the great centers of Syriac scholarship, along with nearby Edessa.
Split into simpler sentences: First mentioned as an Aramean settlement "Naşibīna" in 901 BCE, it was captured by Assyria in 896 BCE. In the 4th and 5th centuries CE it was one of the great centers of Syriac scholarship, along with nearby Edessa.