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Sura
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Iraq_adm_location_map.svg)  Sura Location in modern day Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′N 44°27′E / 31.883°N 44.450°E | |
| Country | &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Iraq.svg){kind=small} Iraq |
Sura (Syriac: ܫܘܪܐ) was a city in the southern part of the area called by ancient Jewish sources Babylonia, located east of the Euphrates. It was well-known for its agricultural produce, which included grapes, wheat, and barley. It was also a major center of Torah scholarship and home of an important yeshiva—the Sura Academy—which, together with the yeshivas in Pumbedita and Nehardea, gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud.