The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. For over 10,000 years people have travelled to Jordan. People come to see the natural beauty and experience the great

Jordan is a small country – less then 100,000 square metres - but its traditions are some of the greatest in the world. Since time immemorial this country, lying between the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Peninsular, has been the crossroads for migrating people and invading armies. From Early Stone Age to the Islamic era, Jordan teems with mementos of other races, other times.

Ten thousand or more years ago, the Jordan Valley was the site of one of the first organized communities; a place where man, the hunter, settled down to cultivate the land. This part of the world, since the beginning of human civilization, has had a history of enormous significance. Ammonites. Moabites and Edomites, Canaanites, Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Crusaders, and many others have competed to control it at various times.