This city rises nearly six hundred meters above sea level and this city dates back to its founding in the era of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, but some effects show the city from the Bronze Age about 500.2 BC. And return some of the effects that were discovered in the north of Jerash to the Iron Age.
This city has enjoyed calm, stability and peace and was very impressed with the Roman civilization and has become one of the ten cities and successive eras and spread Christianity so that it became in 451 bishops. Then occupied by the armies of the Persians and destroyed churches. And their connection to the Muslim Arabs led Sharhabeel bin well in the time of Caliph Omar and dominated in the year 635 AD.But successive earthquakes that hit these areas led to the complete collapse.
Sapphire wrote about Hamwi in his book (Lexicon countries) saying:
Jerash, the name of a great city, and is now in ruins. Told me he saw and told me it is a waste and ordinary wells, indicate greatness. Said: in the middle of a running river runs several full of mole to this end. It is in the eastern mountain blackness of the land of Balqa and Horan, and the work of Damascus, in the Mount includes a loss and villages. It is said to all Mount Jerash, a man's name, which is Jerash, bin Abdullah. And mixes with this mountain, Mount Auf. And the attributed fever Jerash, one of the good Fattouh Sharhabil bin in the days of the age "
Jerash remained unknown even found a German tourist Year 1806 In 1878 Turkish ruler sent a group of Circassians in which to live.
The description of the effects of this ancient city excavations have revealed fence surrounds the city was a five kilometer extension and a half and the fence it is two to three meters and a half. The Emperor Trajnos ordered hard road from the city to the Red Sea optical known as Victory Road. The her Emperor Odrians comes 117-138 in his way to occupy Bosra Sham emperor has done well treated the people of the city, prompting them because build him bow honor him and who resisted time Atiat and remained intact until the present day. The arc length 37 meters and 9 meters wide and has a height of the main gate of Central ten meters and width of about five meters.
And to the west of the Arc de Triomphe located pond which is about 150 meters long rectangle and 55 meters wide and 12 meters deep and the four banks. And roaming between the effects the Jerash find Roman amphitheater north of the pond, and the cemetery and the structure of Zeus then arrive big runway, which is located to the north-west of the structure of Zeus and its seats in the South, which protects spectators from the sun.
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