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  Jordan River
The waters of the Jordan are an extremely important resource to the dry lands of the area and are a bone of contention between Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians.
In the Hebrew Bible, the Jordan is referred to as the source of fertility to a large plain ("Kikkar ha-Yarden"), called on account of its luxuriant vegetation "the garden of God" (Genesis 13:10).
The Jordan was said to be crossed dry-shod by Elijah and Elisha (II Kings 2: 8, 14).
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 NationMaster - Statistics on Jordan. 1712 facts and figures, stats and information on Jordanian economy, crime, people, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the UK received a mandate to govern much of the Middle East.
Britain separated out a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s, and the area gained its independence in 1946; it adopted the name of Jordan in 1950.
Jordan acceded to the World Trade Organization in 2000, and began to participate in the European Free Trade Association in 2001.
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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Jordan River
South of the lake, it forms the border between the Kingdom of Jordan (to the east) and the State of Israel (to the west).
The waters of the Jordan are an extremely important resource to the dry lands of the area and are a bone of contention between Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians.
The Jordan was said to be crossed dry-shod by Elijah and Elisha (II Kings 2: 8, 14).
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 Jordan: jordan michael, capri jordan, jordan shoes
Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8, 1952.
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and both Israel and the West Bank to the west.
Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per-capita GDP was approximately $1,817 (€1,479) for 2003 and 14.5% of the economically active population, on average, was unemployed in 2003.
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 Acidophilus Related Terms
Rift valleys, such as the Great Rift Valley, are formed by the expansion of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity beneath the Earth's surface.
Valleys are, however, most commonly formed by fluvial activity (the action of running water, such as rivers), which erodes the landscape.
Hollows may be formed by river valleys such as Mansfield Hollow or they may be relatively dry clefts with a notch-like characteristic in that they have a height of land and consequent water divide in their bases.
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 Jordan River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
South of the lake it forms border between the kingdom of Jordan (to the east) and Israel (to west).
The waters of the Jordan are an important resource to the dry lands of area and are a bone of contention Lebanon Syria Jordan Israel and the Palestinian West
In the Hebrew Bible the Jordan is referred to as source of fertility to a large plain ha-Yarden") called on account of its luxuriant "the garden of God" (Genesis 13:10).
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 Israel: Map, History and Much More from Answers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Jordan annexed the Arab-held area adjoining its territory, and Egypt occupied the coastal Gaza Strip in the southwest.
Israel is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria and Jordan to the east, the Gulf of Aqaba (an arm of the Red Sea) to the south, Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
It is bordered by Lebanon in the north, Syria and Jordan in the east, and Egypt in the south-west
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King Hussein ruled Jordan from 1953 to 1999, surviving a number of challenges to his rule, drawing on the loyalty of his military, and serving as a symbol of unity and stability for both the East Bank and Palestinian communities in Jordan.
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and Israel and West Bank to the west.
About 70% of Jordan's population is urban; less than 6% of the rural population is nomadic or semi-nomadic.About 3 million persons registered as Palestinian refugees and displaced persons reside in Jordan, most as citizens.
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 About the Music of Cuba - worldmusic.cc beta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Jordan gave up a relatively large area of inland desert in return for a small piece of sea-shore near Aqaba.
Jordan exported €5.6 million (.9 million) in goods to the U.S. in 1997, when two-way trade was €321 million (5 million); it exported €538 million (1 million) in 2002 with two-way trade at €855 million (.05 billion).
Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per-capita GDP was approximately,817 (€1,479) for 2003 and 14.5% of the economically active population, on average, was unemployed in 2003.
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Jordan is considered to be part of the "cradle of humanity".
Although the Government of Jordan stated its opposition to the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, popular support for Iraq was driven by Jordan's Palestinian community, which favored Saddam as a champion against Western supporters of Israel.
Since the outbreak of the Intifadah in September 2000, Jordan has worked hard, in a variety of fora, to maintain lines of communication between the Israelis and the Palestinians to counsel moderation and to return the parties to negotiations of outstanding permanent status issues.
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 West Bank Summary
Located west and south-west of the Jordan River in the eastern part of the Palestine region in the Middle East, it is bordered by Israel to the west, north, and south, and by Jordan to the east.
Jenin, in the extreme north of the West Bank is on the southern edge of the Jezreel Valley, Qalqilyah and Tulkarm are in the low foothills adjacent to the Israeli coastal plain, and Jericho is situated near the Jordan River, just north of the Dead Sea.
Jericho, an oasis town in the Jordan Valley, is one of the oldest cities on Earth.
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 Canaan -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Canaan or Knáʕan (Hebrew כְּנַעַן, Arabic کنعان, Septuagint Greek Χανααν) is an ancient term for a region roughly corresponding to present-day Israel/Palestine including the West Bank, western Jordan, southern and coastal Syria and Lebanon continuing up to the border of modern Turkey.
At this time the Canaanite area seemed divided between two confederacies, one centred upon Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley, the second on the more northerly city of Kadesh on the Orontes River.
In the centuries preceding the appearance of the Biblical Hebrews, Canaan and Syria became tributary to the Egyptian Pharaohs, although domination by the sovereign power was not so strong as to prevent frequent local rebellions and inter-city struggles.
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 michael jordan
Jordan played 13 seasons for the Bulls, generally as a shooting guard, but his height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), skills, and physical conditioning also made him a versatile threat at point guard and small forward.
Jordan, who cited his father's love for baseball as his motivation for trying the sport, was criticized by journalists and other observers for his foray.
Jordan, it was said, was nothing more than a spectacular scorer who could not elevate the play of his teammates, as Bird and Johnson had.
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 Civilization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The oldest granary yet found, for instance, dates back to 9500 BC and is located in the Jordan Valley.
The Indus valley civilization is known to have very early accounts of urban planning.
The sewage and drainage systems developed and used in cities throughout the Indus Valley were more advanced than that of contemporary urban sites in Mesopotamia and Egypt and also more advanced than that of any other Bronze Age or even Iron Age civilization.
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 jordan resource page
Glamour model Jordan is at her four-year-old son's bedside in a London hospital after an accident.
Jordan will offer private stakes in 16 state firms in 2007, the Kuwait News Agency reports.
MODEL Jordan is "devastated" that her four-year-old son Harvey suffered burns in an accident.
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In the Sumerian spelling MAR.TU, the name is as old as the first Babylonian dynasty, but from the 15th century BC onwards its syllabic equivalent Amurru is applied primarily to the land extending north of Palestine as far as Kadesh on the Orontes.
In the Bible, they are described as a powerful people of great stature "like the height of the cedars," who had occupied the land east and west of the Jordan river; their king, Og, being described as the last "of the remnant of the giants" (Deut.
3:10), with the Jordan valley on the east of the river (4:49), the land of the "two kings of the Amorites," Sihon and Og (Deut.
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 West Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The West Bank was captured and annexed by Jordan, and the 1949 Armistice Agreements defined its interim boundary.
The area was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, although, with the exception of East Jerusalem (and unlike the Golan Heights), it was not annexed by Israel.
The Jordan Valley is a low-lying strip which cleaves down the western border of the country.
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 Moab
Jordan, is a country in the Middle East.
ôm) was the chief town of a group of five towns on the plain of the Jordan River in an area that constituted the southern limit of the lands of the Canaanites (Genesis 10:19).
· The sunk district in the tropical depths of the Jordan valley.
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 Canaan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The language of ancient Amon and Moab in modern Jordan can be called eastern dialects of Canaanite, although these ethnic groups are not Canaanite, properly speaking.
Canaan is mentioned in a document from the 18th century BC found in the ruins of Mari, a former Sumerian outpost in Syria.
During the Canaanite Period of the Archaeology of Israel, the cities of Canaan were ruled by vassals of the Egyptian Empire.
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For other uses of the name, see Hebron (disambiguation).
Hebron remained as a part of the British mandate until 1948.
Following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the Jordan took over the control of Hebron and the rest of the West Bank.
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 Civilization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Indus Valley and the Indian subcontinent 3700—1700 BC
[10][11] The Indus valley civilization is credited for a regular and consistent use of decimal fractions in a uniform system of ancient weights and measures,
Ancient Indus Valley artifacts include beautiful, glazed stone faïence beads.
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 Canaan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Map of Canaan This article is about the land called Canaan.
Canaan or Kná'an (Arabic &1705;&1606;&1593;&1575;&1606;, Kan&703;&257;n, Hebrew &1499;&1468;&1456;&1504;&1463;&1506;&1463;&1503; / &1499;&1468;&1456;&1504;&1464;&1506;&1463;&1503;, K&601;ná&703;an / K&601;n&257;&703;an; Septuagint Greek &935;&945;&957;&945;&945;&957;, Khanaan) is an ancient term for a region roughly corresponding to present-day Israel, the West Bank, western Jordan, southern Syria and southern Lebanon.
According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, there were five places where "new" evidence on Canaanite culture had been obtained, including Tell-el-Hasy, eventually identified with the Lachish of the Old Testament, where excavations were made in 1890-1892 by Flinders Petrie and Bliss; and Gezer, identified with the Gezer of I Kings x.
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 Jordan River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jordan drops rapidly in a 75 kilometer run to swampy Lake Hula, which is slightly below sea level in the Galilee sea.
South of the lake, it forms the border between the Kingdom of Jordan (to the east) and the State of Palestine (to the west).
This page was last modified 08:35, 3 January 2007.
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 Jordan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Sultans of Sulu also style themselves Hashemite.
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The proposed system uses SGML to define the formal structure, and a sample DTD for a student exercise is included.
\par \pard\plain \s252\li360 \i\lang2057 Floyd D Barrows, James B. Obielodan (Michigan State University) {\i An Experimental Computer-Assisted Instructional Unit on Ancient Hebrew History and Society} \par \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 \par The program content covers the story of the Hebrew people from their settlement in the Jordan valley to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
\par It performs morphological analysis with part-of-speech disambiguation and assigns dependency-oriented surface- syntactic functions to input wordforms, using the Constraint Grammar techniques developed by Karlsson (1990) by expressing the structures which exclude inappropriate alternatives in parsing.
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 ACH/ALLC 1993 Conference Report
The program content covers the story of the Hebrew people from their settlement in the Jordan valley to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
The ENGCG parser constitutes a reliable linguistic interafce for a wide variety of potential applications in the humanities and related fields, ranging from parsing proper via corpus annotation to information retrieval.
It performs morphological analysis with part-of-speech disambiguation and assigns dependency-oriented surface- syntactic functions to input wordforms, using the Constraint Grammar techniques developed by Karlsson (1990) by expressing the structures which exclude inappropriate alternatives in parsing.
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See all pages with references to References Asher.
116 Diane Blakemore REFERENCES Asher, N. and Lascarides, A. (1995) Lexical disambiguation in a discourse context.
Blakemore, D. Key Phrases in this book: New York, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Academic Press, Journal of Pragmatics, John Benjamins, mimetic props, anchoring poset, written expository registers, poset relation, register perspective, historical discourse analysis (See more)
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