AMMAN

The modern Jordanian capital city of Amman is only the latest in A long series of communities that have flourished on the same Spot for thousands of years. One of mankind’s earliest settled Farming villages developed at Ain ghazal, along the northern Entrance to the city, between 7000-6000 bc. Bronze and iron age Cities continued the tradition, culminating in the rise of Rabbath Ammon as the capital city of the ammonite kingdom in the 12 th century bc. Greeks and romans built their own cities, and the roman city of Philadelphia has left its mark in the form of the downtown theater and the forum, and the temple of Hercules remnants on citadel hill. In the byzantine and early Islamic era, the city continued to play an important role in the Region of modern Jordan.

Among Amman’s most noteworthy places to visit are the Archaeological Museum on citadel hill, the Jordan museum of Popular traditions and the Jordan folklore museum flanking the Roman theater, the Jordan craft center and the Jordan national Gallery.