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AMMAN — Pella, an ancient site located approximately 100 kilometres northwest from Amman, was discovered in 1818 by Charles Irby and James Mangles. Pella was part of ancient Decapolis, a coalition of cities during the Hellenistic Period, and it was a Bronze Age centre.
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AMMAN — On the foothills of the East Bank is located the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1500 BC) site Pella. Pella was a hub for trade with Egypt and Cyprus, Anatolia and Babylonia. Significant movements of populations throughout the Middle Bronze Age (MBA) were evidenced through funerary rituals and architecture.Scholars specialised in the Bronze Age Levant speculated that the trade
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