Arhaba

The Arabah as it is known through its respective Arabic and Hebrew names, is a geographic area south of the Dead Sea basin, which bureaucracy part of the border among Israel to the west and Jordan to the east. The antique which means, which was in expend to the early twentieth century, protected nearly the complete duration of what today is known as the Jordan Rift Valley, jogging in a north-south orientation among the southern give up of the Sea of Galilee and the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba at Aqaba/ Eilat.

In Biblical times, the Arava became a middle of copper production; King Solomon is believed to have had mines right here based totally on copper mines relationship to his reign. The Arabah, in particular its eastern element, changed into a part of the world of the Edomites called "Idumeans" throughout the Roman instances. Later the eastern Arabah became the domain of the Nabateans, the builders of the metropolis of Petra. The Israel–Jordan Peace Treaty become signed in the Arava on October 26, 1994. The governments of Jordan and Israel are promoting improvement of the vicinity.