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The ancient city of
Petra is an archaeological site in
Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of
Wadi Araba, the great valley running from the
Dead Sea to the
Gulf of Aqaba. It is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock.
Petra was built by the Nabataeans, an ancient Semetic] people, and is best known for the impressive stone structures such as the treasury (pictured) and the monastary which are carved into the rock in the ancient city. Petra today is a popular tourist site, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Irbid, Jordan's 2nd largest city, during the spring.
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His Majesty late
King Hussein Bin Talal was the third king of
Jordan and ruled the country from
11 August 1952 until his death on
February 7,
1999. At the time of his passing, the king was the longest serving executive head of state in the world. King Hussein is seen as the father of modern Jordan, with conditions rapidly improving throughout his reign as he modernized the country;
UNICEF statistics, for example, show that between 1981 and 1991, Jordan achieved the world’s fastest annual rate of decline in
infant mortality - from 70 deaths per 1000 births in 1981 to 37 per 1000 in 1991, a fall of over 47%.
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