Part 4a South / Deo 4a jug

Part 4. South Jordan – King’s Highway

A most ancient route. The King's Highway winds its way through the different ecological zones of the country, including forested highlands, open farmland plateaus, deep ravines, the edge of the eastern desert, and the warm tropical Gulf of Aqaba.

First mentioned by name in the Bible (Numbers 20:17 and 21:22), the King's Highway was the route that Moses wished to follow as he led his people north through the land of Edom (southern Jordan).

The name may, however, derive from the even earlier episode recounted in Genesis 14, when an alliance of "4 kings from the north" marched their troops along this route to do battle against the 5 kings of the Cities of the Plain, including the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. This may have happened around 5000 years ago.

I have divided part 4 in three separate parts:

4a. Moses' Promised Land (Holy Land)

4b. 12^th Century Crusade Castles

4c. Petra

Deo 4. Juzni Jordan – Kraljevski put

Jedan je od najstarijih poznatih ruta. Vodi od Amana ka jugu kroz razlicite ekoloske zone Jordana ukljucujuci pozumljene visoravni, oblasti sa farmama, duboke kanjone, obod istocne pustinje do toplog tropskog zaliva, Akabe.

Ime kraljevski put pod tim imenom se spominje u Bibliji (brojevi 20:17 I 21:22) kao put kojim je Mojsije zeleo da ide sa juga Jordana (zemlja Edoma) vodeci narod prema severu.

Ime potice iz Biblije od dogadjaj koji se desio cak pre onog opisanog u Genesis 14; 4 kralja sa severa su vodili svoje trupe tim putem da se sukobe sa 5 kraljeva gradova sa juga ucljucujuci I Sodomu I Gomoru. Ovo se odigralo otprilike pre 5.000 godina.

Juzni Jordan sam podelio u 3 dela

4a. Mojsijeva obecana zemlja

4b. Krstaski zamci iz 12 veka

4c. Petra

Madaba

Naselje ustanovljeno pre 13 veka pre nove ere
Prvi put je spomenuto u Bibliji kao “Medeba” iz vremena Exodusa (Brojevi: 21:30 I Joshua 13:9)
Nazvan je “grad mozaika”, skoro ispod svake kuce leze izvanredni mozaici iz Vinzantijskog perioda, iz 5-7 veka.
U Grckoj crkvi, Sv Djordje, nalazi se vizantijski mozaik iz 6 veka (570 god) koji predstavlja mapu citavog regiona od Jordana I Palestine na severu do Egipta na jugu. Obelezeni su gradovi I sela tog perioda, brda, doline, reke.

Mt Nebo

an elevated ridge that is approximately 817 meters above seal level
Mount Nebo is where the Hebrew prophet Moses was given a view of the promised land that God was giving to the Israelites. (Deuteronomy 34:1)
According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Moses was buried on this mountain by God Himself
The church was built in the 2nd half of the 4th century to commemorate the place of Moses' death
The Basilica and of a large monastery, which had continued to expand through the 6th century
View across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Giovanni Fantoni designed the Serpentine Cross (The Brazen Serpent Monument). These are symbolic of the bronze serpent taken by Moses into the desert, and the cross upon which Jesus was crucified
The curative serpent wrapped around a pole later became the symbol of the pharmaceutical industry

Planina Nebo

817m nadmorske visine
Odatle se pruza pogled na “obecanu zemlju” koju je Bog dao Izraelcima (Deuteronomy 34:1): Jordanska dolina, Mrtvo More I Bethlehem
Prema jevrejskom I hriscanskom predanju, ovde je sahranjen Mojsije a sahranio ga je Bog licno.
Centar je hodocasnija od ranog Hriscansko doba
Crkva je izgradjena u drugoj polovini 4 veka da obelezi mesto Mojsijeve smrti
Odatle je pogled preko doline reke Jordan, Mrtvo more, Jerusalem I Betlehem
Tu se nalazi I krst sa zmijom: krst Kristovog raspeca I zmija koju je poneo Mojsije u putinju. Taj krst sa zmijom postao je symbol farmaceutske industrije. Krst je dizajnirao Djovani Fantoni.