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Madaba

Madaba (Arabic: مادبا) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-west of the capital Amman.

History

Madaba dates from the Middle Bronze Age.

The town of Madaba was once a Moabite border city, mentioned in the Bible in Numbers 21:30 and Joshua 13:9.

During its rule by the Roman and Byzantine empires from the 2nd to the 7th centuries, the city formed part of the Provincia Arabia set up by the Roman Emperor Trajan to replace the Nabataean kingdom of Petra.

The first evidence for a Christian community in the city, with its own bishop, is found in the Acts of the Council of Chalcedon in 451, where Constantine, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bostra (the provincial capital) signed on behalf of Gaiano, "Bishop of the Medabeni."

During the rule of the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate, it was part of the southern district of Jund Filastin within the Bilad al-Sham province.

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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

by: Matty B

I remember right when I woke up the first time
My mom had told me she had set it up by lunch time
You were coming over here to play at my house
We needed a play date, I threw up in my mouth
Never thought that I'd be this fed up so soon
'Till you put your hands on all the stuff in my room
Remember how I even made a sign said, "Keep out!"
I'm gone for one minute, I come back you sneak out
Ohhh you know just how to make me crazy
Ohhh this time I'm telling you I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your mom talk to my mom talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
I'm really miss how immature you are
Working half an hour to make sure I fall
Over when we have to watch TV together
I'm come in, you trip me, spill popcorn, then feathers
Ohhh you know just how to make me crazy
Ohhh this time I'm telling you I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your mom talk to my mom talk to me




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