JordanandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSSyria

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · JOR LEFT · SYR RIGHT

1. 1516 - 1517

   The Ottomans conquer the region

   After defeating the Mamluks, the Ottoman Turks absorbed the lands east of the Jordan into their empire as part of the province of Syria, ruling for four centuries.

   War & Rupture · from the Jordan chronicle · Islam, the Caliphates and Four Centuries of Ottoman Rule · REFS 2 — Jordan: History, Jordan: A Country Study

2. June 1916

   The Great Arab Revolt begins

   Sharif Hussein of Mecca, supported by Britain, launched the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire; his sons Faisal and Abdullah led its forces toward Syria, aided by T. E. Lawrence.

   War & Rupture · from the Jordan chronicle · The Arab Revolt, the Emirate of Transjordan and Independence · REFS 2 — Great Arab Revolt Begins, Abdullah I: Biography, History, and Assassination