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Dec 7, 2015 · Amman Citadel has been continuously inhabited since the Neolithic period i.e. somewhere between 10,000 to 2,000 BCE. It was fortified during the Bronze Age i.e sometime around 1800 BCE. It has been known by names like Rabath Amman and Philadelphia. Today, it is like an open-air museum, within the fortified walls.
Sep 7, 2023 · Temple of Hercules in Amman Jordan. The Amman Citadel is located in the center of downtown Amman on one of the seven hills that originally made up the old city of Amman. The hill was fortified during the Bronze Age and became the capital of the Kingdom of Ammon after 1200 BC (Ammon is frequently mentioned in the Bible).
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Polis (/ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ s /, US: / ˈ p oʊ l ɪ s /; Greek: πόλις, Greek pronunciation:), plural poleis (/ ˈ p ɒ l eɪ z /, πόλεις, Greek pronunciation:), means ‘city’ in ancient Greek. The modern Greek word πόλη (polē) is a direct descendant of the ancient word and roughly means "city" or an urban place.
Sep 5, 2021 · Why Amman was called the old Philadelphia? Amman was occupied by the Assyrians and then the Babylonians, until it fell under Greek control, in the fourth century BC. After the Ptolemaic Greeks took control of Amman, in 285 BC, Ptolemy II changed its name from Robbat Ammon to "Philadelphia".
In 1946, Jordan became officially an independent state, known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. However, it was renamed to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan post the country took over the West Bank during the Arab–Israeli War of 1948. Jordan officially announced its official territory in 1988, and it was one of two Arab countries to sign ...
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Pergamon or Pergamum (/ ˈ p ɜːr ɡ ə m ə n / or / ˈ p ɜːr ɡ ə m ɒ n /; Greek: Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (Πέργαμος), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.
