Part 1 North / Deo 1 Sever

 

NORTH JORDAN

- ROMAN & CRUSADE SITES

 

SEVER JORDANA

- RIMSKA I KRSTASKA ARHEOLOSKA NALAZISTA

Umm Qais

 

  • view over the Yarmouk River, the Golan Heights, and Lake Tiberias
  • the spot where Jesus cast out the Devil from two mad men into a herd of pigs (Matthew 8:28-34).
  • established settlement in 7th century BC
  • Also known as Gadare, Antiochia and Seleucia
  • Peak of prosperity in the 2nd century AD (Romans)

Um Kais

 

  • Naselje osnovano u 7 veku stare ere
  • Pogled na Golansku visoravan I jezero Tiberias
  • Biblijsko mesto gde je Isus Hrist izlecio dva coveka koja su bila obuzeta djavolom. Isterao je djavola iz njih.  Davo je presao u svinje. (Mathew 8:28-34)
  • Vrhunac dostize u 2 veku pod Rimljanima

Ajloun castle

 

  • located on the site of an old monastery
  • built in 1184 by Izz al-Din Usama, a general in the army of Saladin
  • controlled traffic along the road connecting Damascus and Egypt
  • captured by the Mongols in 1260

Azlun zamak

 

  • Izgradio ga na mestu starog manastire, Izz al-Din Usama, Saladinov general u vreme krstaskih ratova 1184
  • Kontrolisao put koji je povezivao Damask I Egipat
  • 1260 ga zauzeli Mongoli

Jordan Valley

 

  • 120 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide, from Lake Tiberias in the North to The Dead Sea in the South
  • the place where John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ.[5]
  • Joshua completed Moses' mission by miraculously crossing the Jordan River with his people (Joshua 3:14-17)
  • The traditional crossing point has been identified as Bethany, also known in the Bible as Beth-barah, Beth-arabah and Bethany beyond the Jordan (Judges 7:24-25; John 1:28)

Dolina reke Jordan

 

  • 120km dugacko I 15km siroko, prostire se od Tiberjskog jezera na severu do Mrtvog mora na jugu
  • Mesto gde je Jovan Krstitelj krstio Isusa Hrista u reci Jordan
  • Tu je Betani, mesto gde je Joshua kompletirao Mojsijevu misiju cudesno presavsi reku Jordan sa svojim ljudima (Joshua 3:14-17)
  • Betani se vise puta spominje u Bibliji (Judges 7:2425, John 1:28)

Pella

 

  • occupied since Paleolithic times, around 100,000 years ago
  • First mentioned in the 19th century BC in Egyptian inscriptions
  • Roman city of poets
  • The University of Sydney and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities have been conducting excavations at Pella since 1979

Pela

 

  • Nastanjeno mesto jos od Paleolita, pre 100.000 godina
  • Prvi put je spomenuto u Egipatskim spisima u 19 veku stare ere
  • Poznat je kao mesto Rimskih pesnika
  • Sidnejski univerzitet je poceo sa iskopavanjima 1979 godine

Jerash

 

  • referred to as the "Pompeii of the Middle East
  • one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East
  • inhabited during the Bronze Age 3200 BC
  • After the Roman conquest in 63 BC, became the Roman province of Syria
  • The plaza (forum) measures 90 x 80 m and is surrounded by a broad sidewalk and a colonnade of 1st century Ionic columns
  • Artemis Temple was dedicated to Artemis and built in 150AD
  • Artemis, daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo, was the patron goddess of Jerash (Gerasa)
  • The North Theater was built in 165 AD
  • The theater originally had only 14 rows of seats, and was used as a performance stage as well as the city council chamber; the names of the tribes represented in the council are inscribed in Greek on some of the seats, along with those of several gods
  • In 235 AD, the theater was doubled in size to its present capacity of 1600
  • The North Gate was built in 115AD
  • Excavation and restoration of Jerash has been almost continuous since the 1920s.

Djerash

 

  • Nazivan Pompeima Bliskog Istoka
  • Jedan od najvaznijih I najbolje sacuvanih Rimskih gradova na Bliskom Istoku
  • Cesto se naziva kao “Pompeji” Bliskog Istoka
  • Bio nastanjen u vreme bronzanog doba 3200 god stare ere
  • Posto su ga Rimljani zauzeli 63 god stare ere, postje Romanska Provincija Sirije
  • Centralni trg (forum) je 90x80m I okruzen je sirokim setalistem I colonadama stubova jonskog stila
  • Artemidin hram je izgradjen 150god nove ere
  • Artemida, cerka Zevsa I Apolova sestra, bila je boginja zastitnica Djerasa.
  • Severni amfiteatar je izgradjen 165god nove ere.
  • Originalno je imao samo 14 redova I sluzio je kako za prestave tako I za sednice gradskog veca. Imena plemena koja su bila predstavnici u vecu ugravirana su u sedista na Grckom kao I imena nekolicine bogova.
  • 235 god nove ere, broj sedista je dupliran na 1600 sedista.
  • Severna kapija je izgradjena 115god nove ere.