The Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan traces its history back 9000 years and is home to many religious sites and monuments such as Mount Nebo, the church of St. George, the Decapolis city of Jerash and the mosaics of Madaba to name but a few. It was in the fertile Jordan Valley that nomadic tribesmen settled and built the world’s first cities which then resulted in the valley becoming the great trade highway of the ancient world.
Centuries before Christ, the Nabataeans built a nation on the profits of their caravan trade and at Petra they carved streets, palaces, temples and dwellings from the rocky mountains whick lay south of the Dead Sea. Petra is a place one must visit on any trip to Jordan.
