Transjordan (region)
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Transjordan, also known as Oultrejordain, the East Bank, Eastern Palestine, Eiver HaYarden, and the Transjordanian Highlands is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, roughly consisting of present-day Jordan.
Name
The prefix trans- is Latin and means "across" or beyond, and so "Transjordan" refers to the land on the other side of the Jordan River. The equivalent term for the west side is the Cisjordan - literally, "on this side of the [River] Jordan".
Maps
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This map of the Tribal allotments of Israel shows the two and a half tribes settling east of the Jordan.
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The British Mandate for Palestine. The Emirate of Transjordan is shown in brown.
See also
- Transjordan (Bible), an area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
- Perea (region)
- Transjordan
- Transjordan memorandum
External links
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