Ammon
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Key facts
- Country.year_end
- 332 BC
- Country.flag_s2
- Vergiasun.svg
- Country.year_leader1
- ~ 1100 BC
- Country.common_name
- Ammon
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Ammon
- Country.capital
- Rabbath Ammon (Amman)1
- Country.common_languages
- Ammonite, Moabite
- Country.date_event1
- 853 BC
- Country.date_post
- 248–282 BC
- Country.era
- Iron Age
- Country.event1
- Battle of Qarqar against the Assyrians
- Country.event_end
- Invasion by Alexander the Great
- Country.event_post
- Rabbat Ammon renamed to Philadelphia
- Country.event_start
- Kingdom of Ammon flourishes
- Country.image_map
- Kingdoms around Israel 830 map.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- Ammon and its neighbors, around 830 BC
- Country.leader1
- Getal
- Country.leader2
- Sanipu
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thumb|right|Qasr al Abd|Qasr Al Abd was built by the governor of Ammon in 200 BC
Ammon (; Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ʻAmān; ''; ) was an ancient Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan. The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbat Ammon'', site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital. Milcom and Molech are named in the Hebrew Bible as the gods (or in the latter case possibly a sacrificial practice) of Ammon. The people of this kingdom are called Children of Ammon or Ammonites.