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The Modern History of Jordan. London: I B Tauris. ISBN 978-1860643316. Sinai, Anne; Pollack, Allen. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the West Bank: A handbook (1977) Teller, Matthew (1998). The Rough Guide to Jordan. London: Rough Guides. Sixth edition 2016. Taylor, Jane (2001). Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans. I.B.Tauris.
1921: In March, the Cairo Conference (1921) agrees to award the Emirate of Trans-Jordan to Abdullah and the mandate of Mesopotamia to Faisal [6] During the conference, Winston Churchill convinced Abdullah to stay put and not attack the French because that would threaten his throne in Transjordan since the French had military superiority over his forces.
The sons of Hussein: Ali, Abdullah and Faisal, in the mid-1920s King Abdullah I, the founder of modern Jordan The Grand Sharif of Mecca and King of Hejaz the founder of Hashemite dynasty of Jordan and Iraq and Arabia Grand Sharif of Mecca and Emir of Hejaz Sharif Awn. Hussein bin Ali had five sons:
Jordan takes its name from the Jordan River, which forms much of the country's northwestern border. [14] While several theories for the origin of the river's name have been proposed, it is most plausible that it derives from the Hebrew word Yarad (ירד), meaning "the descender", reflecting the river's declivity. [15]
The process took place over several centuries, lasting from ancient time to the modern period. The Arab migrants hailed from various parts of the Middle East, particularly the Arabian Peninsula. In the 9th century BCE, the Assyrians made written references to Arabs among the inhabitants of Levant and Arabia. [1] [2]
The Southern Levant has a long history and is one of the world's most intensively investigated areas by archaeologists. It is considered likely to be the first place that both early hominins and modern humans colonized outside of Africa. Consequently, it has a rich Stone Age archaeology, stretching back as early as 1.5 million years ago.
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'East of the Jordan'), is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, mostly contained in present-day Jordan. The region, known as Transjordan, was controlled by numerous powers throughout history. During the early modern period, the region of Transjordan was included under the jurisdiction of Ottoman Syrian provinces.