Jordan Tour
Overview
Pella is located in northwestern Jordan, 27.4 km (17 miles) south of the Sea of Galilee.
130 km (80 miles) north of Amman and is half an hour by car from Irbid
Pella represents one of ten Decapolis cities that founded during
the Hellenistic period and became powerful under Roman jurisdiction.
it’s expanded to its largest state during the reign of the Roman Empire.
History
Pella is of great importance to archaeologists because it reveals evidence of 6000 years of continuous settlement.
In fact, it’s regarded as the most historically significant site in all Jordan. Jordan Tour
Centered on a large tell and surrounded by fertile valleys that together comprise a rich watershed,
Pella has fostered human civilization from the Stone Age to medieval Islamic times. Jordan Tour
The ruins lie a few kilometers away from the modern Arab village of Taqabat Fahl.
The city built in the Hellenistic period in the period of the conquests Jordan Tour
of Alexander the Macedonian and named Pella relative to the city where Alexander was born.
Importance and fame of Pella
And increased popularity of its strategic location on the routes of trade between Jordan and Palestine
and from there to Syria, where it controlled the important roads in the north of Jordan and Palestine,
including the Trans-Gilead road: Bisan, Fahel, Ajloun Amman: Bisan, Fahl, Jerash, Amman.
This city is famous for its water springs in its valley known in the valley of the banana grove (Shajwa),
which the Umayyad considered it from his property.
The city’s reputation has grown internationally in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
It also held at the first peace conference in the second millennium BC,
and after the battle of Megiddo which took place between the Pharaohs and
the Hittites hosted by the king of Pella at that time
The sugar cane cultivation in the Roman era and its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea (70 km)
also gained significant importance between the alliance of the cities of the Decapolis.