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| - Amman is the capital and most populated city of Jordan.
- In Biblical times, Amman was the capital of the Ammonites, a Semitic people speaking a language very similar to that of their Moabite and Israelite neighbors and sharing many cultural traits with them - which did not prevent their often going to bloody war. The Ammonites disappeared as a distinct people with the rise of successive empires which dominated the region for many centuries - Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Hellenists and Romans - but their memory was preserved in the name of the city which had been their capital. It had many ups and downs in its history, alternately flourishing and shrinking. In the 20th Century Amman became the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan and one of the main cities of the Middle East.
- Amman, the capital of Jordan, is a modern city with numerous ancient ruins. Atop Jabal al-Qala’a hill, the historic Citadel includes the pillars of the Roman Temple of Hercules and the 8th-century Umayyad Palace complex, known for its grand dome. Built into a different downtown hillside, the Roman Theater is a 6,000-capacity, 2nd-century stone amphitheater offering occasional events.
- In 326 AD, Christianity became the religion of the empire and Philadelphia became the seat of a bishopric during the beginning of the Byzantine era. One of the churches of this period can be seen on the city's Citadel. In 1970, Amman was the site of major clashes between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Jordanian army. Everything around the Royal Palace sustained heavy damage from shelling. Most of Amman suffered great damage from PLO rockets and the Jordanian army's shells.
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