Destination "Jordan" – worth knowing information
Hardly no other country possesses so many different landscapes which can be reached within spitting distance as Jordan.While snow is falling in the Maan-mountains, you can go swimming in the Red Sea in Aqaba which is 40 km remote.
Even though there are soft-gloved temperatures in the capital Amman, you can reach the border of the Sahara Dessert in the east of Amman, nearly a half hour car drive away. There exist very different climatic conditions.
Nearly 50 km westerly of it you reach the deepest point of the world, the Dead Sea.
The climatic conditions in the populated parts of Jordan are mostly agreeable. In six months of the year you can enjoy temperatures about 25°C and a bright blue sky.
The values can increase until 35°C in the midsummer and in the winter there exist temperatures around 0°C.
Jordan which is situated in the middle of the Arabian East, was a march through area of different rulers and owners like Greeks, Romans, Ottomans, Englishmen and many others.
Bright, blue unclouded days and nights build a special relation to the sky in these regions as well. Thus the three world religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam originated here. These religions are carried out by their followers into the whole world.
Languages and styles of lettering could develop here furthermore.
Not only the digits but also the letters are formed here and cleared the way for the Roman alphabet because of the Greeks.
