Yarmuk River

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Yarmuk River

River, northwestern Jordan. It rises in southwestern Syria and flows southwest to its confluence with the Jordan River. For most of its total course of about 50 mi (80 km), it forms the boundary between Syria and Jordan. A major battle along the river between invading Muslim Arabs and Byzantine forces in 636 AD established Muslim dominance in Palestine. That dominance, broken only by the period of the Crusades (1099–1291), lasted until World War I (1914–18). Since the Six-Day War of 1967, the lower river valley has been under Israeli control.

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No references found			Jordan maintains a major canal that diverts water from the Yarmuk River, the Jordan River's largest single tributary. Saving the Jordan: the sacred Middle Eastern river is dying by Hauser, Emily L. / E 00 Hardcover Praeger illustrated military history DS97 In 636 AD, after protracted skirmishes, the Arab and Byzantine armies faced each other on the banks of the Yarmuk River. Yarmuk, AD 636: The Muslim Conquest of Syria. (reprint, 1994) by Reference & Research Book News The Jordanians were in dispute with Syria over water in the 1990s following the latter's creation of diversionary dams on the Yarmuk River. A CAPITAL COMMODITY by Gorvett, Jon / The Middle East			Yaranga yarborough Yarborough, Cale Yard yard crane yard drain yard line yard lumber yard maintenance yardage yardang Yardang Trough yardarm yardstick yardstick compass Yarim Tepe Yarkand Yarkant Yarkovsky effect Yarlung Zangbo Yarlyk Yarmouth Yarmouth Clam Festival Yarmouth interglacial Yarmuk Yarmuk River yarmulke Yarn Yarn Carrier yarn count Yarn, Textile yarn-dyed Yarn-Dyed Patterned Fabric Yaroslav Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Cattle Yaroslavl Lycee Yaroslavl Lycée Yaroslavl Oblast Yaroslavl Principality Yaroslavl Revolt of 1918 Yaroslavl Theater Yaroslavl, University of Yarqon River Yarra Yarra River yarrow Yasar Kemal Yashin, Lev Ivanovich yashmak Yashpal			Yarlung Tsangpo Yarlung Tsangpo Yarlung Tsangpo River Yarlung Tsangpo River Yarlung Zangbo Yarlung Zangbo Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone Yarlung Zangpo Yarlung Zangpo YARLY Yarlyk Yarm yarmelke yarmelke Yarmouk River Yarmouk University Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth Area Chamber of Commerce Yarmouth Area Industrial Commission Yarmouth Arts Regional Centre Yarmouth Central School Yarmouth Clam Festival Yarmouth County Tourist Association Yarmouth Fantasy Football League Yarmouth Fire Department Yarmouth interglacial Yarmouth Regional Hospital Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Yarmuk Yarmuk River yarmulka yarmulka yarmulkas yarmulkas yarmulke yarmulke Yarmulkes Yarmulkes yarn yarn yarn yarn yarn yarn Yarn Carrier yarn count Yarn dyed Yarn dyed Yarn dyeing Yarn dyeing Yarn Forward and Round Needle Yarn Market News Yarn over Yarn Over Needle Yarn Round Needle Yarn theory Yarn theory Yarn, Textile yarn-dye Yarn-dyed

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