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Umm Al-Jimāl

<p>The property is a rural settlement in northern Jordan that developed organically on the site of an earlier Roman settlement around the 5th century CE and…

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<p>The property is a rural settlement in northern Jordan that developed organically on the site of an earlier Roman settlement around the 5th century CE and functioned until the end of the 8th century CE. It preserves basaltic structures from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods that represent the local architecture style of the Hauran region, with some earlier Roman military buildings re-purposed by later inhabitants. The settlement formed part of a broader agricultural landscape that included a complex water catchment system, which sustained agriculture and animal herding. The earliest st

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Jordan

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32.33° N, 36.37° E