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Jordan

 

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the country

 

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Petra

The ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom and an important trading center from late 400 BC to early AD 200. The Nabataeans, an Arab people, carved the city into rock 2,000 years ago. Shown here is the monastery.

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Jerash

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Local sightseers at Jerash

Jerash Petra

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other Middle Eastern countries

 

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The Middle East largely consists of Muslim countries:

 
bullet bahrain0.jpg (64792 bytes)   Bahrain

 

bullet egypt3.jpg (1821 bytes)  Egypt

 

bullet iran4.jpg (54555 bytes)    Iran

 

bullet jordan.jpg (69533 bytes)  Jordan

 

bullet kuwait.jpg (45022 bytes)   Kuwait

 

bullet oman.jpg (52220 bytes)    Oman

 

bullet palestine.jpg (61919 bytes)   Palestine

 

bullet qatar.jpg (44695 bytes)   Qatar

 

bullet   Saudi Arabia

 

bullet syria.jpg (65031 bytes)  Syria

 

bulletyemen7.jpg (49466 bytes) The Yemen

 

bulletUnited Arab Emirates

 

bullet ajman.jpg (50743 bytes)   Ajman

 

bullet abudhabi.jpg (47110 bytes)   Abu Dhabi

 

bullet dubai.jpg (56437 bytes)   Dubai

 

bullet fujairah.jpg (60581 bytes)   Fujairah

 

bullet khaimah.jpg (68139 bytes)   Ras Al-Khaimah

 

bullet sharjah.jpg (53495 bytes)   Sharjah

 

bullet qaiwain.jpg (50464 bytes)   Umm Al-Qaiwain

   Some of the exceptions are the Christian country of:

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bullet   Georgia                

   

    the Jewish state of:

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bullet    Israel
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 and a country with 17 different religious communities

                         

bullet    Lebanon   

 

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