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Pictorial Map subtitled The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with pictographs identifying important sites. Inset is a small map of International Boundaries for countries in the region showing Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran. Including much of today's West Bank and Jerusalem. The map features pictorial vignettes of important archaeological sites and monuments in the region, including the Dome of the Rock and Khirbet Qumran, the latter famously associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also depicted is the famous rosette of Qasr Hisham, an important cultural treasure in Palestine. Long before Jordan officially recognized the State of Israel, no where is Israel written on the map. This is also before the 1967 Six-Day War, at the conclusion of which Jordan had lost control of the West Bank (and Egypt temporarily lost the Sinai Peninsula). A key at the bottom of the map provides symbols for Towns, Villages, Antiquity Sites, International Boundaries, Railways, Wadi Beds etc. |