{"slug": "jordan", "label": "Jordan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810", "qid": "Q810", "description": "country in West Asia", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [-83, 2013], "span_label": ["84 BCE", "2013 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rashidun-army", "label": "Rashidun army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khalid-ibn-al-walid", "label": "Khalid Ibn Al-Walid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan-river", "label": "Jordan River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cairo", "label": "Cairo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sinai-peninsula", "label": "Sinai Peninsula", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -83, "year_label": "84 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Cana: The Arab Nabataean Kingdom decisively defeats the Greek Seleucid Empire, slaying King Antiochus XII Dionysus, at modern-day Umm Qais in Jordan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209580598#Asia", "title": "84 BC", "revid": 1209580598, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -8, "year_label": "9 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Aretas IV Philopatris ascended to become the King of the Nabataeans (modern Jordan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371257874#Arabia", "title": "0s BC", "revid": 1371257874, "section": "Events › 9 BC › Arabia"}}, {"year": 362, "year_label": "362 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "An earthquake strikes Al-Karak (Jordan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331333761#Roman_Empire", "title": "362", "revid": 1331333761, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 635, "year_label": "635 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "January – Battle of Fahl: The Rashidun army, (30,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid (known as the \"Drawn Sword of God\"), defeats the Byzantine forces led by Theodore Trithyrius, at Pella in the Jordan Valley (Jordan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906250#Arabia", "title": "635", "revid": 1364906250, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 726, "year_label": "726 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Seismic activity in the Mediterranean Sea: The volcanic island of Thera erupts, while the city of Jerash (in present-day Jordan) suffers a major earthquake.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808661#Europe", "title": "726", "revid": 1340808661, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1115, "year_label": "1115 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Crusader castle of Montreal (located in Jordan) is commissioned by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, during an expedition against the Seljuk Turks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369310142#Levant", "title": "1115", "revid": 1369310142, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1289, "year_label": "1289 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Sultan Qalawun (the Victorious) marches the Mamluk army out of Cairo, leaving his son Al-Ashraf Khalil commanding Cairo's Citadel, supported by Viceroy Baydara al-Mansuri. The army moves via Salihiya, across Sinai and through Jordan to Damascus. He orders the regional governors of Syria to mobilize in Damascus, where many infantry volunteers have assembled.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332007955#Levant", "title": "1289", "revid": 1332007955, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – 1948 Arab–Israeli War: The British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated; expeditionary forces from Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and Iraq invade Israel and clash with Israeli forces after declaring war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#May", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – The Jordanian Parliament forces King Talal of Jordan to abdicate due to mental illness; he is succeeded by his son King Hussein.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#July–August", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – The Hashemite Kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan unite in the Arab Federation, with King Faisal II of Iraq as head of state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#February", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Six-Day War begins: Israel launches Operation Focus, an attack on Egyptian Air Force airfields; the allied armies of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan invade Israel. Battle of Ammunition Hill, start of the Jordanian campaign", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#June", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – In Jordan, the government of Ahmad Toukan resigns; the next prime minister is Wasfi al-Tal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#October", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Palestinian armed forces reinforce guerillas in Irbidi, Jordan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#September", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration as a preliminary to signature on October 25 of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, which formally ends the state of war that has existed between the nations since 1948.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#July", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father, King Hussein.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#February", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Saudi Arabia rejects a seat on the United Nations Security Council, making it the first country to reject a seat on the Security Council. Jordan takes the seat on December 6.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#October", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › October"}}]}