lord, the program of their morals is on the air and i am its presenter dmitry zakharov jordan the territoryhistory here was dominated by the ancient egyptians jews to the botians greeks romans byzantines in 635 the lands of present-day jordan became part of the arab caliphate he was opposed by the crusaders who came here under the flag of the reconquest of jerusalem and the holy sepulcher our correspondent dmitry visited the fortress of the nephew of saladin himself. early in the morning from the high hill on which the fortress stands ajlun, you can see the jordan valley guru hebron, the dutch heights of kireevskoe, the lake and even the border of syria, which is only a few tens of kilometers from here, the place for this fortification was once chosen just perfectly. during the reign of saladin sultan and syria, the great commander and founder of the powerful ayubid dynasty , the fortress was built to protect against the crusaders, who had conquered the mediterranean coast by that time and founded several christian states were chosen extremely well from here, as you can see in the palm of y