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The League of Nations gave the land which included Israel, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza, and Jeruslam to the United Kingdom as the mandate for Palestine and Transjordan.
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Modern Jordan was found
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Britain seperated the mandate by creating the Emirate of Transjordan which was ruled by the Hashemite Prince Abdullah.
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the Emirate of Transjordan became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. Transjordan is one of the Arab states that helped Palestinian nationalists who were against the state of Israel.
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the country was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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Jordan agreed to a mutual defense pact with Egypt. It was also involved with the war between Israel and the Arab States of Syria, Egypt, and Iraq.
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Jordan renounced to the West Bank but kept an administrative position waiting for a final agreement.
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Jordan and Syria, Lebananon, and Palestianian representatives agreed to participate in direct peace negotiations with Israel sponsored by the U.S. and Russia.
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The 1994 treaty with Israel let Jordan continue its role in Muslim holy places.
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King Abdullah II came to the throne in February 1999. King Abdullah II has consolidated his power and made economic and political reforms.
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Jordan joined the World Trade Organization in 2000.
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Jordan joined the European Free Trade Association in 2001.
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In 2003, Jordan supported SADDAM in Iraq.
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Municipal elections were held in July 2007 where 20% of the councils were reserved by quota for Women.
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New Action plan with the EU for Jordan ENP
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Beginning in January 2011, several thousand Jordanians staged weekly demonstrations and marches in Amman and other cities throughout Jordan to push for political reforms and protest government corruption, rising prices, rampant poverty, and high unemployment. The king replaced his prime minister and made two commissions.
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In June 2011, King Abdullah II declared plans to work toward moving authority for choosing future prime ministers and cabinet ministers to parliament.
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Jordan's new Prime Minister is now Fayez al-Tarawneh.
