Jordan is a country in the Near East bordered by Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The country's name comes from the Arabic Al Urdun, referencing a fortified site but also meaning "prominence", though various sources also claim the name comes from the Hebrew word Yarad ("descender"), referencing the downward flow of the River Jordan.
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c. 9000 BCECity of Jericho founded in region of Jordan.
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c. 7000 BCE - c. 5000 BCECommunity of Ain Ghazal flourishes in Jordan.
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c. 2334 BCE - c. 2100 BCERegion of Jordan part of the Akkadian Empire.
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c. 2000 BCEArrival of the Hyksos in Jordan.
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c. 1570 BCEHyksos driven from Jordan by the Egyptians.
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1458 BCE - 1425 BCERegion of Jordan flourishes under reign of Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III.
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c. 1200 BCEInvasion of Jordan region by the Sea Peoples.
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c. 1115 BCE - 612 BCEJordan is part of the Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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549 BCE - 330 BCEJordan is part of the Achaemenid Empire of the Persians.
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331 BCE - 323 BCEJordan taken by Alexander the Great in his conquest of Persia.
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c. 175 BCE - 164 BCEFoundation of Hellenistic Jerash in Jordan.
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129 BCE - 102 BCEJerash in Jordan, is ruled by successive warlord-kings.
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c. 99 BCE - 63 BCEJerash in Jordan is ruled by the Hasmonean Kingdom.
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63 BCEJerash in Jordan becomes part of the Roman province of Syria.
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106 CEJerash in Jordan becomes part of the Roman province of Arabia.
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106 CE - c. 634 CEJordan is part of the Roman Empire.
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129 CE - 130 CERoman emperor Hadrian visits Jerash in Jordan, a visit commemorated by a triumphal arch.
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c. 634 CE - c. 638 CEMuslim Conquest of Levant; Arabs take Jordan from Rome.
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661 CE - 750 CEJordan is part of the Umayyad Empire.
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734 CEPalace of Khirbat Al Mafjar is built by Walid Ibn Yazid near Jericho in the Jordan Valley.
