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Transjordan, the East Bank, [1] or the Transjordanian Highlands ( Arabic: شرق الأردن ), is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, mostly contained in present-day Jordan . The region, known as Transjordan, was controlled by numerous powers throughout history. During the early modern period, the region of Transjordan ...
Moab. A theoretical map of the region around 830 BCE. Moab is shown in purple on this map, between the Arnon and Zered rivers. Moab [a] ( / ˈmoʊæb /) is an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan. The land is mountainous and lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.
Transjordan in the Bible. Map of the twelve tribes of Israel (before the move of Dan to the north), based on the Book of Joshua, c. 1200–1050 BCE. Transjordan ( Hebrew: עבר הירדן, Ever HaYarden) is an area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River valley. It is also alternatively called Gilead .
Israel and Jordan, 20th-21st c. The Israel–Jordan Peace Treaty was signed in the Arava on October 26, 1994. The governments of Jordan and Israel are promoting development of the region. There is a plan to bring sea water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea through a canal (Red–Dead Seas Canal), which follows along the Arabah. This (long ...
The details are regulated by the Israel–Jordan peace treaty of 1994, which establishes an "administrative boundary" between Jordan and the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, without prejudice to the status of that territory. Israel has allocated 86% of the land, in the West Bank portion of the valley, to Israeli settlements.
t. e. Detailed map of Reuben (Thomas Fuller, 1869; east is at the top) According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Reuben ( Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן, Modern: Rəʼūven, Tiberian: Rəʼūḇēn) was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Unlike the majority of the tribes, the land of Reuben, along with that of Gad and half of Manasseh, was on the ...
The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea.
A map of Jordan. Jordan is situated geographically in West Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq, northwest of Saudi Arabia, east of Israel and the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. The area is also referred to as the Middle or Near East. Its territory covers about 91,880 square kilometres (35,480 sq mi). Between 1950 and the Six-Day War in ...