Places in Jordan - Al - Humaimah

The name is derived from the very hot desert caused by reflected heat from the white sand. Water was imported here by channels from the nearest water spring 17 miles away.

Nabataeans used it as an important caravan station during the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, and in the second century AD the Romans used it as a fortified military camp to protect the trade routes, particularly the King's Highway (Via Nova Trayana).

During the Byzantine period (324-630) AD, it was a strong Byzantine hold, and five Christian churches were built there.

Muslims, particularly the Abbasid caliphates in the eight century, started their campaign against the Umayyad, by meeting the traders and pilgrims to persuade them of their mission and finally moving the capital city from Damascus to Baghdad.