11) Zerka. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Zerka, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.... 12) Jabbok. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jabbok, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.... 13) Jordan, Barbara Charline. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, Barbara Charline, 1936-96, African-American lawyer, public official, and educator, b. Houston. After graduating from Boston Univ. Law School (1959), she practiced... 14) Akaba. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Akaba, see Aqaba, Jordan.... 15) Jordan, river, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...Jordan, river, United States, river, 60 mi (97 km) long, draining Utah Lake N into Great Salt Lake, N central Utah; it passes through Salt Lake City. Fed by numerous... 16) Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935-, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga. A graduate of the Howard Univ. Law School, he was executive director... 17) Hussein I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Hussein I, (hoosanŽ, -inŽ) (KEY) , 1935-99, king of Jordan; educated in England at Harrow and Sandhurst. He ascended the throne (1953) after his grandfather Abdullah... 18) Krak. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Krak, see Al Karak, Jordan.... 19) Amman. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Amman, (amanŽ) (KEY) , city (1997 est. pop. 1,415,000), capital of Jordan, N central Jordan, on the Jabbok (Wadi Zerka) River. Jordan's largest city and industrial... 20) Ghor, the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan... |