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Archaeologists usually date the end of the Middle Bronze Age ... Historian Joseph Massad has described the founding of Jordan as a state in 1921 as "a hesitant act ...
Jordan is a founding member of the Arab League and the Organisation of ... The oldest known evidence of hominid habitation in Jordan dates back at least 200,000 ...
Traditional founding date of the imperial dynasty by Emperor Jimmu. 15 May 1972: Return of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan and abolition of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands Jordan: 1 January 1952: Constitution of Jordan: 25 May 1946: End of the British Mandate for Palestine: 26 October 1997
The Arab League has 22 member states. It was founded in Cairo in March 1945 with seven members: the Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Republic, Transjordan (Jordan from 1949), and North Yemen (later becoming Yemen). [1]
The Modern History of Jordan. London: I B Tauris. ISBN 978-1860643316. Patai, Raphael (8 December 2015). Kingdom of Jordan. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7799-7. Vatikiotis, P.J. (18 May 2017). Politics and the Military in Jordan: A Study of the Arab Legion, 1921–1957. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-78303-3. Paris, Timothy J ...
The Greeks founded new cities in the area of modern-day Jordan, including Umm Qays, Jerash and Amman. Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Macedonian ruler of Egypt, who occupied and rebuilt the city, named it "Philadelphia" (Ancient Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια), evoking "brotherly love" in Greek. The name was given as an adulation to his own ...
1952: Constitution of Jordan established. Talal abdicates the throne due to illness. 1955: Wide scale violent anti-Hashemite riots across Jordan result in resignation of the Majali government and retraction of Jordan from the Baghdad Pact. An anti-Christian riot also takes place in Madaba the same year.
Jordan renounced its claim to the territory to the Palestinians in 1988 and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. Jordan is a semi-arid country, covering an area of 89,342 km 2 (34,495 sq mi) with a population of 11.5 million, making it the eleventh-most populous Arab country.