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Multi-periodSite Name: Jerash Alternative Name: GerasaCountry: Jordan
NOTE: This site is 13.235 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Jerash
Latitude: 32.279285N Longitude: 35.891808E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Jerash (Roman Gerasa)
The earliest finds from this site date to the Neolithic. No one is certain when the settlement her began to develop but the city started to prosper after the time of Alexander the Great (4th century BCE). Jerash was conquered by the Romans in 64 BCE, and for the next 150 years the city grew much richer through trade with the neighbouring Nabatean Kingdom. Jerash benefited from being surrounded by rich farmlands and also had iron ore mines nearby at Ajloun. The city centre was remodelled in the 1st century CE with a colonnaded main street which was intersected by two main side streets.
In the early 2nd century CE Emperor Trajan annexed the neighbouring Nabatean Kingdom which had been very wealthy and did a lot of trade with Jerash. The Romans then made improvements to the road network in the region which included the creation of new major roads which further increased trade through Jerash. This increase in trade bought so much wealth for the city that some old temples and other buildings in the city were rebuilt in the latest architectural styles. In 129 CE Emperor Trajan paid a visit to the city and a triumphal arch at the southern end of the city was erected in his honour. The city had reached its climax by the early years of the 3rd century CE and by the end of the century the city was in decline, regional disturbances had upset the overland trade routes and trade though the region had become far less important.
The Persians invaded in 614 CE, followed by the Muslims in 636AD and then there was a major earthquake in 747 CE all of these events pushed Jerash into ever further decline. By the time of the Crusades in the 12th century Jerash had been completely abandoned. In the early 19th century the city was rediscovered, in the intervening years it had become deeply buried in sand, excavations did not start until 1925.
What remains to be seen today is the Administrative, civic and commercial centre, much of the rest of the city remains unexcavated, further remains lie buried under the modern town immediately to the east of the site.
Sources:
Greenway, P. & Simonis, D. (2000) Jordan (4th Edition)
VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA): Lonely Planet
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/tourism3.html
Accessed: 15/12/2007
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