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Medeba
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Medeba (mĕd`ĭbə, mē`–), town, Jordan, the modern Madaba, E of the Dead Sea. An ancient Moabite town, it changed hands between Moab and Israel several times. In early Christian times it was a bishop's see. One of the oldest maps of Palestine (probably 6th cent.) was found there in a mosaic in a Byzantine church. Medeba is mentioned several times in the Bible.


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18 (Petra)-17 Schools in Madaba governorate on Wednesday held their first student parliamentary meeting marking the late King Hussein birthday anniversary.
of Edinburgh), and the images of water in Arabic poetry and gardens by Yasser Tabbaa (King's Academy, Madaba, Jordan).
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