The Cultural Forum at the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation organized, on Monday evening, a seminar entitled “The Capital City of Amman upon the Centennial Anniversary of the Foundation of Jordan”, in which the former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Muhye Aldeen Touq, alongside with the Chair of Urban Heritage at the Greater Amman Municipality. Mohamed Rafie, a researcher, novelist, and an Engineer managed to conduct the discussion. The seminar dealt with the modern emergence of Amman, a village, a town, and a major city. The seminar drew upon the most prominent facets of its contemporary social formation, as well as the aspect of the modern urban emergence of Amman, the stages of its urban planning and the formation of its infrastructure and its first official institutions, and the third aspect on the rectification of the question (The Identity of the City; Socially, Culturally, Urbanely and Politically). Dr. Touq pointed out that the history of Amman as a human society, according to researchers and historians, originates back then approximately 7-12 thousand years, indicating that the human gathering in the Ain Ghazal area dates back to 10 thousand years ago. He pointed out that the population of Amman when its first municipal council was established back in 1909 was about 6000 thousand people, while some studies show that its population does not exceed 2000 people, shedding light on the fact that the population in Amman at that time compared to the population of governorates such as Balqa, Ajloun and Karak had quite a bit. Touq said that when the late King Abdullah I, may his soul rest in peace, arrived in early March 1921, many Arab revolutionaries came with him, as residents of other governorates flocked to Amman because of the establishment of the emirate and the adoption of Amman as its capital. The real development of the city, in fact, began because of the establishment of administrative and civil bodies,, in fact, Military, security and various infrastructures. He longed that the first municipal council in Amman was established in 1909 and was the first to be headed by Ismail Babuk until 1911. He also pointed out that Faisal Street represented the heart of the city and its main center, where it was the headquarters of arts, culture and political forums. He explained that the infrastructure of Amman at that time was very simple because the number of people was few, and the nature of the building at that time could be distinguished by two types: the Circassian building, which was characterized by being built of earthen bricks, and was directed towards the south to benefit from the sun in the winter for heating, and the roofs of the house were Of reeds and dirt, as well as the Levantine building, which is exemplified by a wide courtyard, and then began to enter other architectural styles of construction, including stone. Engineer Firas Al-Rabadi, in turn, emphasized that the people of Amman who flocked to it at the onset of its establishment had their own cultures, customs and traditions, which were reflected upon the social and economic life as well as the urban aspects of the city. He further elaborated that Amman, at the beginning of its foundation, was formed from two sites: the Roman Amphitheater and Al-Husseini Mosque, and then Faisal Square, which is of great importance and closely interrelated to the issue of urban development for the city of Amman due to the establishment of hotels around it as well as economic activities, as it was a starting point for many major cities such as Al-Salt, Wadi Al-Seer, and others. Al-Rabadi demonstrated that after the earthquake in 1927, people were encouraged to live in high areas such as Jabal Amman and others, and that was the first intervention in the matter of development and expansion in the city. Dr. Muhammad Rafie had indicated at the beginning of the dialogue that the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Foundation of Jordan in 2021 does not mean in any way that human stability in the Jordanian country began in that year, as the country is vividly embraced by its people forever and ever throughout the history known to mankind. He also explained that the foundation of modern Jordan in the Jordanian country is one thing, and the social existence of its people is another. It is worth noting that "Shoman", the Arab Bank’s Cultural and Social Responsibility arm, is a non-profit institution, and is concerned with investing in knowledge and creativity.