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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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Newsletter No 30
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Tall el Hammam

Newsletter No 30

Mar 16, 2023 3 min read
Newsletter No 26
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Aqaba

Newsletter No 26

Feb 24, 2023 1 min read
Little City, Big History - Part 2
Edom

Little City, Big History - Part 2

Inhabited since around 4000 BC during the Chalcolithic (cowl-co-LITH-ic) Period, Aqaba’s strategic location for overland trade of spices and other goods between Asia and Africa strengthened its importance over centuries, especially before the Suez Canal.
Oct 16, 2022 9 min read
Little City, Big History - Part 1
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Little City, Big History - Part 1

ORIGIN OF THE NAME You may never have heard of Aqaba, Jordan, before we moved here. Or you could remember it from the 1962 Movie, Lawrence of Arabia. If you’re a devoted Bible student, you might be aware it was known as Etzion Geber (meaning backbone like a man)
Oct 9, 2022 6 min read
The Land Across the Jordan River – Part 2
Jordan's History

The Land Across the Jordan River – Part 2

Today’s blog is longer than usual, and I will only dust the surface of how modern-day Jordan came to be. For a look at this part of the world’s ancient history, see last week’s blog. For those of you who don’t care for what happened in
Nov 8, 2019 12 min read
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