The Levant in 830 BC
Ammon was a Semitic kingdom in the Levant which existed from the 10th century BC to 332 BC, with Amman serving as its capital. The Book of Genesis states that Lot's son Benammi was the father of the Ammonites, so occupied the central Trans-Jordanian Plateau. The Ammonites paid tribute to the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and they fought against Shalmaneser III at the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC. Ammon flourished during the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and it enjoyed continuity until the Persian period. In 332 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the region, annexing it to Macedon.