One of the most original monuments in Jordan, and perhaps in the Hellenistic period in the Near East, is the village of Iraq Al-Amir in the valley of Wadi Al-Sir, southwest of Amman, which is home to Qasr Al-Abd (Castle of the Slave).
In the 630s, the Rashidun army conquered the region from the Byzantines, beginning the Islamic era in the Levant.