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Amman

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Amman

Amman is the capital and most populous city of Jordan. The earliest evidence of settlement in the area is a Neolithic site known as 'Ain Ghazal. Its successor was known as Rabbath Ammon, which was the capital of the Ammonites, then as Philadelphia, and finally as Amman.