The constitutional monarchy, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية), located in Asia with the capital Amman, covers 89,342 km². It borders Israel, the part of the Palestinian territories located in the West Bank, with the border under Israeli control, as well as Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba, where it has a maritime border with Egypt.
As early as Antiquity, viticulture was practiced in the Jordan Valley. The nomadic people of the Nabataeans founded the Kingdom of Nabataea in 150 BC with the capital Petra. Wine presses and wall paintings found in this city suggest a wine culture that continued to be cultivated under Roman rule from 63 BC.
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