Transjordan (region)

Edom (; ; ; ; Ancient Egyptian: jdwmꜥ) was an ancient kingdom that stretched across areas in the south of present-day Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Edom and the Edomites appear in several written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant, including the list of the Egyptian pharaoh Seti I from c. 1215 BC as well as in the chronicle of a campaign by Ramesses III (r. 1186–1155 BC), and the Hebrew Bible.

former country in the Middle East

Gilead or Gilad (, ; Gilʿāḏ, , Jalʻād) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan, present-day Jordan. The region is bounded in the west by the Jordan River, in the north by the deep ravine of the river Yarmouk and the region of Bashan, and in the southwest by what were known during antiquity as the "plains of Moab", with no definite boundary to the east. In some cases, "Gilead" is used in the Bible to refer to all the region east of the Jordan River. Gilead is situated in modern-day Jordan, corresponding roughly to the Irbid, Ajloun,

ancient trade route

right-leaning faction of the Zionist movement

thumb|280px|right|Perea and its surroundings in the 1st century CE thumb|right|Incorporation into Arabia Petraea 106–630 CE

region in the Middle East

thumb|View from Mount Bental/Tal Al-Gharam|Mount BentalBashan (; ; or Basanitis) is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of Transjordan during the Iron Age. It is situated in modern-day Jordan and Syria. Its western part, nowadays known as the Golan Heights, is occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War.

Abarim () is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

vassal state of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1118-87)

Roman/Byzantine province (c.300-636)

Six Levitical towns in the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of accidental manslaughter could claim the right of asylum

name which appears in a number of places in the Hebrew Bible as a location

attack by Chaytor's Force against the Ottoman Empire's Fourth Army

town in ancient Israel

Biblical area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River valley