Talk:Transjordan

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The map is not an accurate map of Transjordan. This is a map of the modern day Jordan. Transjordan was slightly different.

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Most of this appears to be a simple rewrite of information that appears on [1] and [2]. Their copyright policies would not allow this information here, so this is a case of plagiarism that needs to be fixed. Geoffrey

I have not seen much response other than User:Branden's addition of a few paragraphs, with which, along with a tiny and possibly incorrect summary, I have replaced the page. Therefore, with modifications from the boilerplate text, I say this. -Geoffrey 01:20 Mar 1, 2003 (UTC)

Removed possible copyright infringement. Text that was previously posted here is the same as text from these webpages, which are exact copies:

1. http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_transjordan.html
2. http://www.kingabdullah.jo/about_jordan/making_transjordan.html

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Removed "This likely explains why the lands east of the Jordan river were implicitly consdidered of secondary importance (being on the "other" side of it)." which is just an unimportant opinion. -- zero 08:40, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I wrote that sentence. I guess it's only unimportant if etymology is unimportant. Ask yourself why the area *west* of the Jordan river wasn't called "trans"-Jordan. Or don't, I guess -- evidently you feel it's better to delete stuff out of the Wikipedia than improve it through analysis. Branden 05:17, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The primary European access to Palestine throughout history was from the coast. That's why the west is "this side" and the east is the "far side". No other speculation is required. As far as importance is concerned, as well as being more accessible the west side was more fertile, more populated, and more important economically. --Zero 10:42, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cisjordan

I just want to mention here that the word Cisjordânia (derived from Cisjordan) is used in Portuguese, instead of "West Bank". So, this word did catch on outside Jordanian circles. PMLF 22:13, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Also, in Romanian, West Bank is called Cisiordania.

[edit] New infobox

I have just added a new infobox. It contains some information from the Mandate of Palestine article (flag, high commisioners). If these are incorrect, please remove them (and insert the correct flag) - 52 Pickup 17:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)