AMMAN Southern Levant was in the Egyptian orbit around 884AD and it continued to be during the Middle Islamic Period (1000AD-1500AD). It has often been assumed that Transjordan had been a peripheral area during the Abbasid Period when Abbasids transferred the capital to Bagdad. With the expansion of Fatimid control in 970AD, it was characterised by building military outposts
AMMAN The Nabataean social structure revolved around the family, clan and tribe, and it can traced back the Nabataean nomadic past. However, the sociopolitical organisations of the Petra’s hinterland were not studied enough in the past and they remained relatively unknown. During Nabataean and Roman times (1st century BC-2nd century AD) the combination of relations between
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AMMAN Baja’a, located near Petra in southern Jordan was an ancient centre of olive oil production. Olives with their strong pits have been crushed in a mill or grinder, the so called olive crusher. Consisting of a circular bowl with a high rim and a hole in its centre, a wooden pole inserted into this hole serves as axis for the mill stones, one or for a better efficiency