Place details
Place nameAmman
Other namesAmman, Philadelphia, Rabbath Ammon, Rabbah Ammon, Rabbah, Rabbat Bene Ammon
CountryAl-Urdunn
Latitude31.95
Longitude35.933
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Chief city of Ammonites; captured by Joab and David; improved by Ptolemy II Philadelphus; most southerly of the ten cities of the Decapolis; prospered under Eastern Roman Empire; taken by Arabs 635; settled by Ottomans 1878; has modern urban infrastructure.