the columns begin

Columns, football, and way too much vocab

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February 9th 2009
Let me start by saying that Roman ruins are pretty cool. Walking through them is always interesting, seeing how people lived thousands of years ago. Very cool. So I went to Jerash, one of largest sites of Roman ruins in Jordan, with my friend Amanda on my first day off after school started. I have wanted to take this trip since I got here, but haven't been able to up until now. We took a ... read more

Middle East » Jordan » North » Jerash

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For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946, Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-99). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states... ... read more