What is Pumbedisa in the context of Jewish history?

Answer 1

it was one the two main yeshiva's (places of study and scholarship)

that and surah

this was after the Jewish/Roman war up until the 10th century.

its biggest achievement was the creation of the Babylonian Talmud. As well as being the center of Jewish thought for hundreds of years , up to the middle ages.

Answer 2

A major center of knowledge, 1st-10th century or so.

Answer 3

dunno.