Jordan+-+History

Jordan's History. The history of Jordan has a lot of information to it. The country that is now Jordan contained the lands of Edom, Moab, Ammon, and Bashan. Around 2000 B.C., groups settled around the Jordan River in the area called Canaan. Many invaders and settlers included Hittites, Egyptians, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, Mameluks, Ottoman Turks, and, finally, the British. At the end of World War I, the League of Nations awarded the territory now comprising Israel, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem to the United Kingdom. - The agreement in April 1949 left Jordan in control of the West Bank. In 1950 the country was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Jordan signed mutal defense pact in May 1969 with Egypt. -* Jordan did not participate in the Gulf War of 1990- '91 - In 1990 Jordan had direct peace negotiations with Israel sponsored by the U.S. and Russia. -* Jordan signed a peace tready in 1994. Jordan has thought to stay at peace with the countries. They have followed that, and still are at peace since.
 * the West Bank is an area between Jordan & Israel on the west bank of the Jordan river.

  This is a picture of one of the buildings they built with sandstone.

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