Jordan
Jordan, or Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an Arab country in southwest Asia and one of the countries of the Middle East.
Jordan, or Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an Arab country in southwest Asia and one of the countries of the Middle East.
Jordan's area includes what in Biblical times were the lands of Gilead, Ammon, Moab, and Edom, on the eastern side of the Jordan River and Dead Sea; and most of Judah and Israel (later Judea and Samaria) on the western side.
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