The Roman Empire conquered much of what is now Jordan, even taking in CE the powerful trading kingdom of the Nabateans, whose capital was the intricately carved city of Petra.
Amman became a major provincial city in the Umayyad region called Al-Urdun , or "Jordan. The Mongols brought down the Abbasid Caliphate in , and Jordan came under their rule. They were followed by the Crusaders , the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks in turn. In , Ottoman Empire conquered what is now Jordan. Under Ottoman rule, Jordan enjoyed benign neglect. Functionally, local Arab governors ruled the region with little interference from Istanbul.
This continued for four centuries until the Ottoman Empire fell in after its defeat in World War I. Britain and France agreed to divide up the region, as the mandatory powers, with France taking Syria and Lebanon , and Britain taking Palestine which included Transjordan. In , Britain assigned a Hashemite lord, Abdullah I, to govern Transjordan; his brother Faisal was appointed king of Syria, and later was moved to Iraq.
King Abdullah acquired a country with only about , citizens, approximately half of them nomadic. On May 22, , the United Nations abolished the mandate for Transjordan and it became a sovereign state. Israel prevailed, and the first of several floods of Palestinian refugees moved into Jordan. In , Jordan annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a move that most other nations refused to recognize. The assassin was angry about Abdullah's land-grab of the Palestinian West Bank.
A brief stint by Abdullah's mentally unstable son, Talal, was followed by the ascension of Abdullah's year-old grandson to the throne in The new king, Hussein, embarked on an "experiment with liberalism," with a new constitution that guaranteed freedoms of speech, the press, and assembly.
In May of , Jordan signed a mutual defense treaty with Egypt. A second, larger wave of Palestinian refugees rushed into Jordan. Soon, Palestinian militants fedayeen began causing trouble for their host-country, even highjacking three international flights and forcing them to land in Jordan. In September of , the Jordanian military launched an attack on the fedayeen; Syrian tanks invaded northern Jordan in support of the militants.
In July , the Jordanians defeated the Syrians and fedayeen, driving them across the border. Jordan itself was not a target during that conflict. In , Jordan formally gave up its claim to the West Bank, and also announced its support for the Palestinians in their First Intifada against Israel.
The US withdrew aid from Jordan, causing economic distress. Where is Jordan Located Jordan is a small kingdom located in the western part of Asia. It shares its international boundary with Saudi Arabia in the east and south-east, Iraq in the north east, Syria in the north and Israel in the west. Jordan has very small coastline that opens in the Red Sea south western part of the country.
Most of the Jordan part is covered by the extensive Arabian Desert; but north-western part has the Fertile Crescent. The government type of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with representative government.
The ruling monarch is use to be the chief executive and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Regional Maps : Map of Asia. The above blank outline map is of the country of Jordan in Southwest Asia. The map can be downloaded, printed, and used for educational purpose or coloring.
The outline map represents Jordan, a small country in Southwest Asia famous for the archeological site of Petra. This page was last updated on February 24, Home Asia Jordan. Governorates Map Where is Jordan? Budget revenues: 9. Public debt Taxes and other revenues Fiscal year calendar year.
Exports - commodities fertilizers, calcium phosphates, packaged medicines, clothing and apparel, phosphoric acid Imports - commodities cars, refined petroleum, natural gas, crude petroleum, clothing and apparel Electricity - production Electricity - consumption Electricity - exports 50 million kWh est.
Electricity - imports million kWh est. Electricity - installed generating capacity 4. Crude oil - proved reserves 1 million bbl 1 January est. Natural gas - production Natural gas - consumption 5. Natural gas - exports 1. Natural gas - imports 6. Natural gas - proved reserves 6. Communications Telephones - fixed lines total subscriptions: , subscriptions per inhabitants: 3. Telephones - mobile cellular total subscriptions: 7,, subscriptions per inhabitants: Broadcast media radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation JRTV that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel; first independent TV broadcaster aired in ; international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available; roughly 30 radio stations with JRTV operating the main government-owned station; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available.
Internet country code. Internet users total: 6,, percent of population: Broadband - fixed subscriptions total: , subscriptions per inhabitants: 4. Transportation National air transport system number of registered air carriers: 4 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 54 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,, annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: Civil aircraft registration country code prefix JY.
Airports total: 18 country comparison to the world: Airports - with paved runways total: 16 over 3, m: 8 2, to 3, m: 5 1, to 2, m: 2 to 1, m: 1 Airports - with unpaved runways total: 2 under m: 2 Heliports 1 Pipelines km gas, 49 km oil Railways total: km narrow gauge: km 1. Roadways total: 7, km paved: 7, km country comparison to the world: Merchant marine total: 35 by type: general cargo 7, oil tanker 1, other 27 country comparison to the world:
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