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Yarmouk (river)
The Yarmouk River (or Yarmuk River) is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. Yarmouk or Yarmuk may also refer to: History * Battle of Yarmouk, a major battle between Arab Muslim forces and the armies of the Eastern Roman-Byzantine Empire in 636 * Yarmukian culture, a Neolithic archaeological culture of the ancient Levant * Yarmouk munitions factory explosion, an alleged Israeli air strike against a munitions factory in Sudan in October 2012 Sport * Al-Yarmouk SC (Syria), a Syrian professional sports-football club founded in 1925 * Al-Yarmouk FC (Jordan), a Jordanian football club founded in 1959 * Al-Yarmouk SC (Kuwait), a Kuwaiti professional sports-football club founded in 1965 * Al Yarmuk Al Rawda, a Yemeni football club founded in 1978 * Al-Yarmouk (Libya), a Libyan football club Education * Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, a hospital and part of a medical college, founded in 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq * Yarmouk University, a state university founded in 1976 in Irbid, Jordan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarmouk River
The Yarmuk River (, ; Greek: Ἱερομύκης, ; or ''Heromicas''; sometimes spelled Yarmouk) is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. It runs in Jordan, Syria and Israel, and drains much of the Hauran plateau. Its main tributaries are the wadis of 'Allan and Ruqqad from the north, Ehreir and Zeizun from the east. Although the Yarmuk is narrow and shallow throughout its course, at its mouth it is nearly as wide as the Jordan, measuring thirty feet in breadth and five in depth. History Yarmuk forms a natural border between the plains to the north - Hauran, Bashan and Golan Heights, Golan - and the Gilead mountains to the south. Thus it has often served as boundary line between political entities. Neolithic The Yarmukian Culture, Yarmukian is a Pottery Neolithic culture that inhabited parts of Israel and Jordan. Its type site is at Sha'ar HaGolan (archaeological site), Sha'ar HaGolan, on the river mouth. Bronze Age Early Bronze Age I is represented in the Golan only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
