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Amman ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1.2 million inhabitants, and is the commercial, industrial and administrative centre of Jordan.

1 History

Amman had throughout history several civilizations that inhabited it. The first one recorded is at the Neolithic period, around 6500 BC. Where archaeological discoveries in Ain Ghazal , in eastern Amman, shown evidence not only of a settled life then but also the growth of artistic work, which is considered as one of the most developed civilizations at that time. In the 13th century BC Amman was called Rabbath Ammon or Rabat Amon by the Ammonites (רבת עמון, Standard Hebrew Rabbat ʿAmmon, Tiberian Hebrew Rabbaṯ ʿAmmôn). It was later conquered by the Assyrians followed by the Persians, and then the GreeksSee The Greeks for the financial term for the set of measures derived from the Black-Scholes option pricing formula, named for the use of the Greek alphabet to denote parameters. Greeks in Ancient History In Latin literature, Graeci (or Greeks in English) who called it Philadelphia. In the 1st century BC2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century other centuries) The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC . 2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD) E Philadelphia came under Roman control and joined the DecapolisThe Decapolis ( Greek: deka ten; polis city) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Syria and Palestine. The ten cities were not an official league or political unit, but they were grouped together because of their langua - a league of ten cities.

In 324Events Constantine becomes the sole emperor of the Roman Empire. End of the Tetrarchy as the Roman mode of government. St Peter's Church, Rome, founded. Eustathius becomes bishop of Antioch Births Deaths December 20 Philogonus, Patriarch of Antioch Licini AD, ChristianityChristian cross and its many variations are widely recognized as an ancient Christian symbol. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Although Christians generally chara became the religionReligion sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. Borobudur, a Buddhist stupa built between 750 and 850 Adriaen of the empire and Philadelphia became the seat of bishopric. This was the start of the Byzantine era. It got its present name Amman in the Ghassanian era, and flourished under the Ummayads and the Abbasids. Then it was destroyed by the many earthquakes and disasters until 1887 which marks the settlement of the Circassians. In 1921 Prince Abdullah chose Amman as seat of his new government and then later as the Capital of the Kingdom of Jordan. Amman stayed a small city until 1948, when the population has grown steadily as a result of the influx of Palestinian refugees. Residential areas have spread out from the centre of the city to the surrounding hills.