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The King's Highway was a trade route of vital importance in the ancient Near East, connecting Africa with Mesopotamia. It ran from Egypt across the Sinai Peninsula to Aqaba, then turned northward across Transjordan, to Damascus and the Euphrates River .
King’s Highway, ancient thoroughfare that connected Syria and the Gulf of Aqaba by way of what is now Jordan. Mentioned in the Old Testament, it is one of the world’s oldest continuously used communication routes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 10, 2023 · The King's Highway not only showcases the most important phases of Jordan's history, but also reveals what makes the country so special: the surprising possibility of finding beauty, kindness...
- Marta Vidal
May 14, 2022 · One of the world’s oldest, most persistent, most chequered, most romantic of roads, the King’s Highway is as legendary and evocative as the Silk Road.
Feb 29, 2016 · The King’s Highway winds its way along the spine of this rift flank, which rises abruptly above the Jordan Valley to an elevation ranging from 700 to 1,200 meters — high enough to be dusted with snow in winter — and then slopes down gradually to the arid eastern desert.
There were two main highways in ancient times between Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the lower Arabian Peninsula: the King’s Highway and the Way of the Sea. The King’s Highway largely skirted the desert and served desert peoples.
The King's Highway was a roughly 1,300-mile (2,100 km) road laid out from 1650 to 1735 in the American colonies. It was built on the order of Charles II of England, who directed his colonial governors to link Charleston, South Carolina, and Boston, Massachusetts .
