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Ammon
Kingdom of Ammon 𐤏𐤌𐤍 | |||||||
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| c. 10th century BC – 332 BC | |||||||
![Ammon and its neighbors, around 830 BC[citation needed]](view.php?q=Ammon&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Kingdoms_around_Israel_830_map.svg) Ammon and its neighbors, around 830 BC[citation needed] | |||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||
| Capital | Rabbath Ammon (Amman)1 | ||||||
| Common languages | Ammonite, Moabite | ||||||
| Religion | Canaanite religion | ||||||
• Around 1000 BC | Hanun | ||||||
• 740–720 BC | Sanipu | ||||||
• 680–640 BC | Amminadab I | ||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||
• Kingdom of Ammon flourishes | 10th century BC | ||||||
• Battle of Qarqar against the Assyrians | 853 BC | ||||||
• Invasion by Alexander the Great | 332 BC | ||||||
• Rabbat Ammon renamed to Philadelphia | 248–282 BC | ||||||
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| Today part of | Jordan | ||||||
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Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ʻAmān; Hebrew: עַמּוֹן ʻAmmōn; Arabic: عمّون, romanized: ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.[1][2] The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbat Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital. Milcom and Molech are named in the Hebrew Bible as the gods of Ammon. The people of this kingdom are called Children of Ammon or Ammonites.
- ^ Marilyn J. Lundberg. "Ancient Texts Relating to the Bible: Amman Citadel". University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ LaBianca, Øystein S.; Younker, Randall W. (1995). "The Kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom: The Archaeology of Society in Late Bronze/Iron Age Transjordan (ca. 1400–500 BCE)". In Levy, Tom (ed.). The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. A&C Black. p. 399. ISBN 9780718513887.
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