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Ammon

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Kingdom of Ammon Kingdom

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c. 10th century – 332 BC  

The region, around 830 BC[citation needed]

Capital Rabbath Ammon (Amman)1 Languages Ammonite, Moabite Religion Milkomite Government Monarchy King

-  Around 1000 BC Hanun 

-  740-720 BC Sanipu 

-  680–640 BC Amminadab I  Historical era Iron Age 

-  Kingdom of Ammon flourishes 10th century BC 

-  Battle of Qarqar against the Assyrians 853 BC 

-  Invasion by Alexander the Great 332 BC 

-  Rabbath Ammon renamed to Philadelphia 248–282 BC  Today part of  Jordan 

An Ammonite watch tower at Rujm Al-Malfouf in Amman
Qasr Al Abd was built by the governor of Ammon in 200 BC

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Ammon (Hebrew: עַמּוֹן, Modern Ammon Tiberian ʻAmmôn ; "People"; Arabic: عمّون, translit.: ʻAmmūn; Greek: Αμμονιοι), also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation best known from the Old Testament, which describes Ammon as located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.[1][2][3] The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital. Milcom and Molech (who may be one and the same) are named in the Bible as the gods of Ammon.[4]