Amman was originally built covering just 7 hills, but due to a staggering population boom since the late 19th century the city has grown to cover 19 hills! We live on top of one of the 19 hills - Jabal al Weibdah. Amman is undoubtedly a popular destination for those seeking adventure, but you might not know Amman also attracts another type of tourist, one seeking medical care. It ranks Amman as the top medical tourism destination in the Middle East according to the World Bank. Many facilities in Amman have received international accreditation and use physicians trained in Europe and the United States, resulting in a high standard of care.
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It is on the edge of the desert 2. At Kulat Zerka the course of the stream and valley is north-east and south-west. The castle is two thousand one hundred and fifty feet above the sea level. We stayed a long time at this place and besides chatting with the people of the castle went through the nearly endless ceremony of drinking coffee. With the Arabs here were several women who assisted about making the fire and also listened to our conversation and asked us for tobacco.
Kulat Zerka is kept in tolerable repair as it is needed by the pilgrims to Mecca and the Arabs of the neighborhood store there grain within its walls. We noticed great quantities of barley and flour stored in boxes and bags. They told us that it belonged to the Bedawin. As no one dare touch it, it is perfectly safe.
This castle is their bank. The present keeper informed us he had been there three years and his father was keeper there before him 1. The Roman road from Kulat Zerka to Amman can easily be traced at certain points. There are a few ruins in the valley and others among the hills both to the north and the south of it and one of these -- Rusaifeh -- on the north of the wady, must have been a city of importance.
Along this valley many square miles which last year were covered with fine wheat are this year dry and barren. The land is allowed to lie idle one and sometimes two years.
Then it is ploughed and irrigated and when seed is sown behold the desert plains become green and fruitful! Below Amman a great many camels were feeding and there were hundreds of tents belonging to some of the Belka Arabs. I have reexamined and measured the theatre here [Amman] and also the other remains. I spent a part of one night in the great theatre when the moon was shining with all its intensity.
The sense of desolation was oppressive. Kings, princes, wealth and beauty once came here to be entertained where now I see only piles of stones, owls and bats, wretched fellahin and donkeys, goats and filth.
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