4b. SOUTH JORDAN
- CRUSADER CASTLES (12th CENTURY)
4b. JUG JORDANA
- KRSTASKI ZAMKOVI (12. VEK)
Kerak
- established in Iron Age, shortly after the Exodus. Its doom was prophesied by Isaiah (16:7)
- Also known as Crak des Moabites, or Le Pierre du Desert
- built in 1142 by Payen le Bouteiller, lord of Montreal and of the province of Oultre Jourdain, on the remains of earlier citadels, which date back to Nabataean times
- at the end of 1188 surrendered to the Muslims
Kerak
- Naselje ustanovljeno u Gvozdenom Dobu, neposredno posle Exodusa. Njegovu sudbinu je predvideo Isaja (16:7)
- Poznat je I kao zamak Moabita
- Zamak je podigao1142 god Payen le Bouteiller na ostacima grada iz Nabateanskog perioda
- god se predao Muslimanima
Rabba
- Rabba is home to Nabatean ruins, which are located along the main street in the center of town. They consist of a temple and a cavernous ancient reservoir.
- In the Hellenistic and Roman times it was called Areopolis, its Greek name. It was one of the two leading cities of the Karak Plateau at this time.
- Areopolis is mentioned by Ptolemy, Eusebius, who cited the terrifying nature of the place,
- Areopolis also minted its own coin between 193 and 222 CE.
Rabba
- Poznat kao Rabba, sediste Nabateanskih ruina. Cine Ih hram prostran praistoriski rezervoar.
- Za vreme Grckog I Rimskog perioda bio je poznat kao Areopolis.
- Bio pod upravom Keraka (approx. 5km udaljen od Keraka)
- Danas su tu ostaci iz Rimskog perioda
- Of 193 do 222 god nove ere kovali su svoj novac
Shoubak
- to the Crusaders it was Mont Real (Crak de Montreal) or Mons Regalis, the Fortress of the Royal Mount
- built in 1115 by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to guard the road from Damascus to Egypt
- Salahuddin (Saladin) attacked it on several occasions, finally capturing it in 1189
- the ancient well-shaft cut deep into the rock, with 375 steps leading down to the water supply at the bottom
Shoubak
- U vreme krstasa bio poznat kao Zamak Montreal ili Tvrdjava Kraljevske Planine
- Izgradio ga 1115 god kralj Baldvin od Jerusalema, da kontrolise put od Damaska za Egipt
- Saladin ga je napadao u vise navrata I na kraju zauzeo 1189.
- Postoji bunar is tih vremena koji iskopan duboko I do dna vode 375 stepenika.
