Part 4b South / Deo 4b jug

 

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.