Side by side
Jordan and Syria compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
- Shared indicators
- 43
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 2
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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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.
- 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 · Jordan: History, Jordan: A Country Study
- 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 · Great Arab Revolt Begins, Abdullah I: Biography, History, and Assassination