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< p > Nestled on a plateau in the northwestern corner of Jordan lay the ruins of the ancient city of < em > Gadara< / em > . From this vantage point, just beyond the sleepy town of Umm Qays, you have a spectacular view of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_the_Golan_Heights" > Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights< / a > . Like many other places in the region, Gadara appeared on the historical record after Alexander the Great’ s conquest of the Near East in 333 BCE.< sup id = "fnref:1" > < a href = "#fn:1" class = "footnote-ref" role = "doc-noteref" > 1< / a > < / sup > The city seems to have been mostly destroyed and subsequently abandoned after an earthquake in the eighth century.< / p >
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