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== History ==

== History ==

The land that became Jordan is part of the richly historical [[Fertile Crescent]] region. Around 2000 B.C., Semitic [[Amorites]] settled around the [[Jordan River]] in the area called [[Canaan]]. Subsequent invaders and settlers included [[Hittites]], [[Egyptians]], [[Israelites]], [[Assyrians]], [[Babylonians]], [[Persians]], [[Greeks]], [[Romans]], Arab [[Muslims]], Christian [[Crusaders]], [[Mamelukes]], [[Ottoman Turks]], and, finally, the [[British]]. At the end of [[World War I]], the [[League of Nations]] awarded the territory now comprising Israel, Jordan, the [[West Bank]], [[Gaza]], and [[Jerusalem]] to the United Kingdom as the mandate for [[Palestine]] and [[Transjordan]]. In 1922, the British divided the mandate by establishing the semiautonomous Emirate of Transjordan, ruled by the Hashemite Prince Abdullah, while continuing the administration of Palestine under a British High Commissioner. The mandate over Transjordan ended on May 22, 1946; on May 25, the country became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It ended its special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 1957.  

The land that became Jordan is part of the richly historical [[Fertile Crescent]] region. Around 2000 B.C., Semitic [[Amorites]] settled around the [[Jordan River]] in the area called [[Canaan]]. Subsequent invaders and settlers included [[Hittites]], [[Egyptians]], [[Israelites]], [[Assyrians]], [[Babylonians]], [[Persians]], [[Greeks]], [[Roman]]s, Arab [[Muslims]], Christian [[Crusaders]], [[Mamelukes]], [[Ottoman Turks]], and, finally, the [[British]]. At the end of [[World War I]], the [[League of Nations]] awarded the territory now comprising Israel, Jordan, the [[West Bank]], [[Gaza]], and [[Jerusalem]] to the United Kingdom as the mandate for [[Palestine]] and [[Transjordan]]. In 1922, the British divided the mandate by establishing the semiautonomous Emirate of Transjordan, ruled by the Hashemite Prince Abdullah, while continuing the administration of Palestine under a British High Commissioner. The mandate over Transjordan ended on May 22, 1946; on May 25, the country became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It ended its special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 1957.  

Transjordan was one of the Arab states which moved to assist Palestinian nationalists opposed to the creation of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the warfare between the Arab states and the newly founded State of Israel. The armistice agreements of April 3, 1949 left Jordan in control of the West Bank and provided that the armistice demarcation lines were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines.  

Transjordan was one of the Arab states which moved to assist Palestinian nationalists opposed to the creation of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the warfare between the Arab states and the newly founded State of Israel. The armistice agreements of April 3, 1949 left Jordan in control of the West Bank and provided that the armistice demarcation lines were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines.  

No fighting occurred along the 1967 Jordan River cease-fire line during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, but Jordan sent a brigade to Syria to fight Israeli units on Syrian territory. Jordan did not participate in the Gulf war of 1990-91. In 1991, Jordan agreed, along with Syria, Lebanon, and Palestinian representatives, to participate in direct peace negotiations with Israel sponsored by the U.S. and Russia. It negotiated an end to hostilities with Israel and signed a peace treaty in 1994. Jordan has since sought to remain at peace with all of its neighbors.

No fighting occurred along the 1967 Jordan River cease-fire line during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, but Jordan sent a brigade to Syria to fight Israeli units on Syrian territory. Jordan did not participate in the Gulf war of 1990-91. In 1991, Jordan agreed, along with Syria, Lebanon, and Palestinian representatives, to participate in direct peace negotiations with Israel sponsored by the U.S. and Russia. It negotiated an end to hostilities with Israel and signed a peace treaty in 1994. Jordan has since sought to remain at peace with all of its neighbors.

==See Also==

==See Also==