Period · c. 10,000 – 4500 BC
Neolithic Age
Jordan’s first farming villages appeared in the Neolithic, when people began to settle, grow crops and keep animals. Beidha near Petra, Ghwayr in Wadi Feinan, the cave of Iraq ed-Dubb near Ajloun and Qasr al-Jilat in the eastern desert are among the sites covered here.
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11 posts about Neolithic Age
Travel guide
Pella (Tabqet Fahel)
Tabaqat Fahl, 4 km east of Jordan Valley Highway
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Al Beidha
Neolithic Age1 hr
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Ghwayr
Neolithic Age30 min
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Iraq ed-Dubb
Neolithic Age30 min
UNESCO Tentative ListJordan Pass
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Pella (Tabqet Fahel)
Neolithic Age · Bronze Age +62 hr
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Qasr Al-Jilat
Neolithic Age15 min
Tour
Best of King’s Highway from Amman to Petra
12–13 hrfrom $330
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Inside the Stone-Age Hut: Al-Beidha 360° Panorama
Al-Beidha
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Al-Beidha – 3D Virtual Walk-through
Al-Beidha, Al-Baydha3 stops
Photo album
Ghwayr Neolithic Settlement: A Window into Prehistoric Life in Jordan
Ghwayr Neolithic Settlement, Wadi Feynan32 photos
Travel article
An Ultimate Guide to the Al Beidha Neolithic Settlement
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Neolithic Age You are here · c. 10,000 – 4500 BC
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Iron Age c. 1200 – 539 BC
Edomite Kingdom c. 8th–6th centuries BC
Hellenistic Period 332 – 63 BC
Nabataean Kingdom c. 4th century BC – 106 AD
Roman Period 63 BC – c. 324 AD
Byzantine Period c. 324 – 636 AD
Early Islamic Period c. 636 – 1100 AD
Umayyad Period 661 – 750 AD
Crusader and Ayyubid Period c. 1115 – 1260 AD
Mamluk Period c. 1250 – 1516 AD
Ottoman Period 1516 – 1918 AD
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