The 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 was 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.