Kharjā is a town in Jordan.
Population: 5,498
Latitude: 32° 39' 31.43" N
Longitude: 35° 53' 13.09" E
The Sea of Galilee, also Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias (Hebrew: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, Arabic: بحيرة طبريا), is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and it is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, abo…
The Battle of Hattin (also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin because of a nearby extinct volcano of the same name) took place on July 3 and 4, 1187, between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the forces of the Ayyubid sultan Salah ad-Din…
The Battle of Yarmouk was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Arab forces of the Rashidun Caliphate. The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River, a…
Daraa (Arabic: درعا, Levantine Arabic: [ˈdarʕa]), also Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera, and Derʿā ("fortress", compare Dura-Europos), is a city in southwestern Syria, just north of the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate, historic…
Irbid (Arabic: إربد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela, is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 1,088,100, and i…
Magdala (Aramaic: מגדלא / Magdala, meaning "elegant", "great", or "tower" (viz.
Umm Qais (Arabic: أم قيس, meaning "Mother of Qais"), sometimes transliterated as Umm Qays, is a town in northern Jordan near the site of the ancient town of Gadara. It is situated in the extreme north-west of the country, where the borders of Jorda…
Hippos (Ancient Greek: Ἵππος, "horse") is an archaeological site in Israel, located on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Between the 3rd century BC and the 7th century AD, Hippos was the site of a Greco-Roman city, which then declined under Mus…
The Jordan University of Science and Technology (Arabic: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية), often abbreviated JUST, is a comprehensive, state-supported university located on the outskirts of Irbid, at Ar Ramtha in northern Jordan. Since its estab…
Pella (Ancient Greek: Πέλλα, also known in Arabic as Tabaqat Fahl, طبقة فحل) is a village and the site of ancient ruins in northwestern Jordan.
The Yarmuk River, sometimes also spelled "Yarmouk" (Arabic: نهر اليرموك, Nahr Al-Yarmuk, or شريعة المناذرة, Shariat el Menadhirah; Hebrew: נהר הירמוך, Nahar HaYarmukh; Ancient Greek: Ἱερομύκης, ; Latin: Hieromices) is the largest tributary of the …
The Church of the Transfiguration (Hebrew: כנסיית ההשתנות) is a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor in Israel. It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Christ took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus i…
Gergesa,(32.282N 35.89E) (also Gergasa or the Country of the Gergesenes) is a place on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee located near the modern city of Jerash, Jordan that is described in the New Testament Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. A…
Hamat Gader (Hebrew: חַמַּת גָּדֵר; Aramaic: חמתא דגדר, Hammata Degader; Ancient Greek: Ἑμμαθά, Emmatha or ῎Αμαθα, Amatha; Arabic: الحمة السورية El-Hamma El-Souriya, meaning "The Syrian Hamma") is a hot springs site in the Yarmouk River valley, us…
Beth Alpha is a sixth-century synagogue located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Gilboa mountains near Beit She'an, Israel.
Irbid or Irbed (Arabic: إربد) is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located north of Amman, Jordan's capital. The capital of the governorate of Irbid is the city of Irbid.
Yarmouk University (Arabic: جامعة اليرموك, also abbreviated YU) is a public university in Irbid in northern Jordan.
Nabi Shu'ayb (also transliterated Neby Shoaib or Nabi Shuaib, meaning "the Prophet Shu'ayb") is a Druze and Muslim religious shrine near Kfar Zeitim and the depopulated Arab village of Hittin not far from Tiberias, Israel, where the tomb of the Druz…