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Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ʻAmān; Hebrew: עַמּוֹן ʻAmmōn; Arabic: عمّون, romanized: ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
The following is a list of rulers currently known from the history of the ancient Levantine kingdom Ammon. Ammon was originally ruled by a king, called the "king of the children of Ammon" (Ammonite: 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 maleḵ banīʿAmān; Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי עַמֹּון meleḵ bənē-ʿAmmōn).
Magadha Kingdom (until 320 BC) Colchis (–164 BC) Kingdom of Phrygia (until 696 BC) Kingdom of Lydia (until 546 BC) Philistia (until 732 BC) Sabaean Kingdom (c. 1100 BC–275 AD) Zhou Kingdom (c. 1046–256 BC) United Kingdom of Israel and Judah (1030 BC–931 BC) Kingdom of Ammon (c. 1000 BC–332 BC) Kingdom of Israel (930 BC–720 BC)
During the Iron Age, the Citadel was the site of the capital of the Ammonites, which was known as "Rabbah" or "Rabbath Ammon". The Amman Citadel Inscription comes from this period, and is considered to be the oldest known inscription in the Ammonite language, written in the Phoenician Alphabet. [9]
Tall Jawa stands at an elevation of 928 metres (3,045 ft) above sea level, close to the Iron Age capital city of Rabbath-Ammon. It is located west-northwest of the modern city of Jawa , 10.9 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of modern Amman .
Amun [a] was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad.Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet.His oracle in Siwa Oasis, located in Western Egypt near the Libyan Desert, remained the only oracle of Amun throughout. [3]
The Kingdom of Aram-Damascus (/ ... Ammon to the south, and Israel to the west. History. The Tanakh gives accounts of Aram-Damascus' history, ...
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