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Maan (məän`), town (1996 est. pop. 18,000), S Jordan. It is the terminus of the country's main rail line (which extends to Damascus, Syria) and carries on trade in agricultural produce. Important since biblical times, Maan was a point on an early Middle Eastern caravan route and on the pilgrimage road to Mecca. A modern desert highway links Maan and Medina. The ancient Nabatean trading town of Petra Petra (pē`trə), ancient rock city, in present-day Jordan, known to the Arabs as Wadi Musa for the stream that flows through it. ..... Click the link for more information. is in Maan's hinterland. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I think the whole Internet came to Syria because they can't stop it and they want to use it to promote the new era," said Maan Abdul-Salam, a pro-democracy dissident in Damascus whose women's rights site, Thara (thara-sy. Maan Madina, contains ceramics, tiles, calligraphy, textiles and glass items dating form the late seventh to the 19th century. Maan Ramahi, Executive Director, Mobile Products and Digital Media Services American Television in China, Michael Polin, Esq. |
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