Basil I
(Encyclopedia) Basil I (Basil the Macedonian) băzˈəl, bāˈzəl [key], c.813–886, Byzantine emperor (867–86). His ancestors probably were Armenians or Slavs who settled in Macedonia. He became (c.856) the fav...
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Nebo, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Nebo, Mount, 2,625 ft (800 m) high, N Jordan. In the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from there before his death.
Akaba
(Encyclopedia) Akaba: see Aqaba, Jordan.
Jabbok
(Encyclopedia) Jabbok, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.
Krak
(Encyclopedia) Krak: see Al Karak, Jordan.
Zerka
(Encyclopedia) Zerka, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.
John IV, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea
(Encyclopedia) John IV (John Lascaris) lăsˈkərĭs [key], b. c.1250, d. after 1273, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1258–61), son and successor (under a regency) of Theodore II and last of the Lascarids. Michael Pa...
Rabbah
(Encyclopedia) Rabbah or Rabbath: see Amman, Jordan.
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Cherith
(Encyclopedia) Cherith kērˈĭth [key], in the Bible, brook flowing into the Jordan opposite Samaria.
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Abarim
(Encyclopedia) Abarim ăbˈərĭm [key], in the Bible, general term for the country E of the Jordan.
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