Jerash is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 48 kilometres north of the capital city Amman.
The earliest evidence of settlement in Jerash is in a Neolithic site known as Tal Abu Sowan, where rare human remains dating to around 7500 BC were uncovered. Jerash flourished during the Greco and Roman periods until the mid-eighth century CE, when the 749 Galilee earthquake destroyed large parts of it, while subsequent earthquakes contributed to additional destruction. However, in the year 1120, Zahir ad-Din Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus ordered a garrison of forty men stationed in Jerash to convert the Temple of Artemis into a fortress.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerash
Official website http://www.jerash.gov.jo/
More information http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/jordan/jerash/jerash.html
Address (Unnamed Road), Jarash, Jordan
Coordinates 32°16'58.332" N 35°53'30.073" E