Editing History of Jordan (section)

==Middle Ages==
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In the early 7th century, the area of modern Jordan became integrated into the new Arab-Islamic [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad Empire]] (the first Muslim dynasty), which ruled much of the Middle East from 661 until 750 AD. At the time, Amman, today the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, became a major town in "[[Jund Dimashq]]" (the military district of [[Damascus]], itself a subsection of the [[Bilad al-Sham]] province), and became the seat of the provincial governor. Incidentally, there was also a "[[Jund al-Urdunn]]" ("Realm of Jordan") district, but that encompassed a more northerly area than modern Jordan.

Under the Umayyad's successors, the [[Abbasids]] (750–1258), Jordan was neglected and began to languish due to the geopolitical shift that occurred when the Abassids moved their capital from Damascus to [[Kufa]] and later to [[Baghdad]].

After the decline of the Abbasids, parts of Jordan were ruled by various powers and empires including the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusaders]], the [[Ayyubids]], the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluks]] as well as the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]], who captured most of the [[Arab world]] [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)|around 1517]].

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