Amman/Philadelpheia

settlement · 3300 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient settlement in northwest Jordan (modern Amman) received a Macedonian settlement and the name of Philadelphia from Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). The modern Amman, Jordan.

Amman/Philadelpheia
Coordinates
31.95495, 35.93462
Also known as
Ahamant, Aman, Amman (af), Amman (en), Amman (en), Ammán (an), Ammān, Ammāna (akk), Ammānāja, Ammānāya (akk), Ban-Ammānāja, Ban-Ammānāya (akk), Birta tēs Ammanitidos, Birta tes Ammanitidos, Birtha tēs Ammanitidos, Birtha tes Ammanitidos (grc), Bīt-Ammāna, Bit-Ammana (akk), Bīt-Ammānāja, Bīt-Ammānāya (akk), Philadelpheia (grc), Philadelphia (en), ʿAmman, ʿAmmān (ota), ʿAmmān, Amman (arb), Φιλαδέλφεια (el), Φιλαδέλφεια (grc), Аман (be), Амман (ba), عمان (ar), আম্মান (bn), ཨམ་མན། (bo), አማን (am), 필라델피아 (ko)
Dating
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