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![Hierarchy of ʻAmmān (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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. |
Names: |
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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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Hierarchical Position: |
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![Hierarchy of Asia (continent)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
![Hierarchy of ʻAmmān (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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ʻAmmān (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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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) |
............ |
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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capital of .... |
Al Urdun .......... (nation) |
.................. |
(World, Asia) [1000121] |
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