welcome to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, founded by King Abdullah | after World War I. It was ruled by his grandson, the late King Hussein, for 46 years until his death in 1999, when his son King Abdullah Il assumed the throne. Jordan has grown into a modern nation that has enjoyed a remarkable measure of peace, stability and economic growth in recent decades. Images of the ancient Nabataean city of Petra; carved from the rock over 2000 years ago, have long been most people’s first impression of Jordan.