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ʻAmmān (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.9500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 56 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.9333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Chief city of Ammonites; captured by Joab and David; improved by Ptolemy II Philadelphus; most southerly of the ten cities of the Decapolis; prospered under Eastern Roman Empire; taken by Arabs 635; settled by Ottomans 1878; has modern urban infrastructure. |
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| ʻAmmān (preferred,C,V)
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| Amman (C,V)
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| Philadelphia (H,O)
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............ | ancient, after Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285-246 BCE |
| Rabbath Ammon (H,O)
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| Rabbah Ammon (H,O)
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............ | Biblical |
| Rabbah (H,O)
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| Rabbat Bene ʻAmmon (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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ʻAmmān (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in Chalcolithic period, 4000-3000 BCE |
| town (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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since 1921 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Jordan .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [1000121] |
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